Weird news / Firefighter sentenced for growing marijuana at firestation 
27 Jul, 01:00 PM 102 comments
A Moscow firefighter has lost his job after police discovered he had been growing marijuana at his firestation for 4 months.
Russia in the World / Russia has fastest hotel construction rate in Europe, report says 
27 Jul, 12:42 PM 46 comments
Russia is the king of hotel development in Europe, according to the June 2009 Smith Travel Research Global Construction Pipeline Report.
Sports / Blackburn boss Allardyce arrives in St Petersburg to take Zenit’s striker Pogrebnyak 
27 Jul, 12:27 PM 65 comments
Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is trying to take Zenit St Petersburg striker Pavel Pogrebnyak to Blackburn as a replacement for Roque Santa Cruz.
Weird news / Russian dwarf gets extra 26 cm after surgery 
27 Jul, 12:22 PM 97 comments
Russian surgeons from the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsk, western Siberia, have performed a unique bone lengthening operation on a 120 centimeter man. Now, the 22 year-old patient is 146 centimeters in height and feels like a real giant.
Russia in the World / Adoptions from Russia losing popularity in the US – official 
27 Jul, 12:12 PM 69 comments
Americans are adopting fewer Russian orphans than they used to, a US official has said.
Weird news / Suicide airplane passenger cuts wrists during flight 
27 Jul, 12:03 PM 88 comments
An airplane passenger attempted to commit suicide during an international flight from Novosibirsk, Russia, to Yerevan, Armenia.
Russia in the World / Japanese nationalist rams Russian embassy in Tokyo 
27 Jul, 11:47 PM 45 comments
A member of a Japanese ultra-right organization drove his car into the police barriers of the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, demanding that Russia return to Japan the island archipelago which both states lay claim to.
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