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	Man Got Stuck in Trash Chute When Hiding From Girlfriend
	Rescue services in Tyumen had to pull a man out of a waste disposal chute in an apartment block, after he got stuck in it while attempting to hide from his girlfriend.
--21-05-2012--
	Green Clouds Scared Muscovites
	Mysterious green clouds that floated over Moscow on Thursday, provoked various frightening rumours but later were explained in an ordinary way. (VIDEO)
--28-04-2012--
	Russian Cat to Be a New Politician in the Urals Region
	Three-month-old cat in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg plans to launch a political career, aiming for a seat in the legislature of the city.
--24-04-2012--
	St. Petersburg Man Plans to Be a Walking Advertising Banner
	A St. Petersburg citizen has decided to earn money by selling space on his back for tattoo advertisements.
--20-04-2012--
	Turkish TV Says Genies Help Russian Spies
	A state-run Turkish television says Russian secret service uses genies for gathering intelligence.
--29-03-2012--
	Meetings Without Penguins
	A man in a penguin costume was detained by St. Petersburg police at the sanctioned opposition rally on Saturday, March 24.
--26-03-2012--
	Russian Scientists Will Clone Mammoth
	Specialists of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk will join the Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk in an attempt to resurrect the mammoth with the help of biological material found in permafrost.
--13-03-2012--
	Voting With No Secrets in Siberia
	On March 4, more than ten ice swimming enthusiasts came to vote for the next Russian president, being semi-naked.
--06-03-2012--
	Bottle with Message from Konyukhov Found in Australia
	A 83-year-old diver in Australia has found a bottle with a message in it, which was thrown into the sea in 2009 by prominent Russian traveller Fyodor Konyukhov.
--01-03-2012--
	Nothing But the Doll
	Last week, a group of armed robbers broke into a sex shop in St. Petersburg and stole one blow-up sex doll, leaving the shop's receipts without interest.
--24-02-2012--
	Caviar Vending Machines to Appear in Moscow Metro
	Moscow businessmen intend to establish caviar vending machines in Moscow metro underpasses. The project has already been approved by the heads of Moscow metro.
--20-02-2012--
	"Toy Story" Rally is Forbidden by Barnaul Authorities
	Authorities in the Russian city of Barnaul have ban a toys protest meeting, saying that toys couldn't express their opinions independently.
--17-02-2012--
	Zoo Monkeys Learned to Clean Their Cages
	Charles Darwin would be happy. Monkeys in an Izhevsk zoo, Udmurtia region, learned to clean their cages and take the garbage outside.
--10-02-2012--
	Tractor Street Racing in Siberian City
	Two tractor drivers were disciplined and their chief was fired after video popped up on YouTube, which showed an extreme tractor drift on an icy road.
--08-02-2012--
	Dante Alighieri Fans Forced to Talk to the Dead Poet
	St. Petersburg officials have denied to extend registration of city’s branch of the world-renowned Dante Alighieri Society, insisting its members to receive an approval from the great poet himself.
--06-02-2012--
	Native Americans Came from Russia
	Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania confirmed that Native Americans came from Altai Territory, southern Siberia.
--03-02-2012--
	Russian Cows Wear Fur Bras in Winter
	Cows in Russia's Republic of Yakutia have been equipped with hand-made fur bras to help survive the biting cold.
--17-01-2012--
	Lizard Benya Became Symbol of the Coming Year
	Yekaterinburg zoo has finished elections of the living symbol of 2012. The winner is an animal which looks like a little dragon.
--14-12-2011--
	People in Yakutsk Saved "Siberian Hachiko" from Death
	A dog nicknamed "Siberian Hachiko" was rescued in the city of Yakutsk. The dog guarded the body of its pregnant canine friend for two weeks as temperatures dropped to -50 degrees Celsius.
--09-12-2011--
	Russian Retiree Wants to Annul His Marriage as He Doesn't Remember It
	A court of Chelyabinsk region has rejected the claim of one Ural retiree, who asked to annul his marriage as he doesn't remember getting married.
--08-12-2011--
	Non-Political Gesture by Russian Newsreader
	Tatyana Limanova, a Russian newsreader of the REN TV channel, was dismissed on Tuesday because of the showing the finger during live news broadcast.
--25-11-2011--
	How Is It Possible to Find Flamingos in Siberia?
	Workers of the local manganese production facility in the Kemerovo region, Siberia, have discovered and saved an injured flamingo.
--18-11-2011--
	Brad Pitt Buys Soviet Era Tank for His Los Angeles Home
	Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has bought one of the Russian army T-54 tanks used as a prop in his upcoming zombie disaster movie World War Z.
--15-11-2011--
	Ural Schoolboy Became an Unauthorized Tram Driver
	A boy from Zlatoust town, Chelyabinsk region, stole a tram and drove it along its regularly scheduled route for 40 minutes.
--24-10-2011--
	Street Toilets Painted in Khokhloma Style Appeared in Moscow
	Moscow authorities have decided to change the design of street toilet cabins and to make them more picturesque. The first results of the experiment can be seen near metro station “Medvedkovo”.
--17-10-2011--
	Strange Superhero Defends St. Petersburg from Rudeness
	St. Petersburg has a new hero – a strange young man who calls himself a Petersburg-Man and fights for cleanness of the city and politeness of its citizens.
--07-10-2011--
	Trololo Man Appears in the American Series
	Popular Soviet and Russian singer Eduard Khil has become a personage in one of the series of "Family Guy" animation serial. Being in the form of waiter, the animated Khil sang his famous "trololo" song.
--04-10-2011--
	"Russian Giant" to Search Yeti in Siberia
	Today a famous Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev, the former WBA heavyweight world champion, starts his expedition to Western Siberia after Yeti to "talk to him about life".
--15-09-2011--
	Russia to Build the First Space Hotel in the World
	Russia has claimed about its plans to create a unique space hotel on the Earth orbit. It may host seven people in four cabins. The guests may enjoy the Earth views from the hotel.
--18-08-2011--
	Russian Frog Zoich Makes Appearance in Futurama
	Televiewers have seen an alternative talisman of Sochi Olympics-2014 in the popular American cartoon series Futurama.
--01-08-2011--