All articles tagged "weird"
Man sets himself on fire in downtown Moscow 
6 Mar, 03:35 PM 41 comments
A man has attempted suicide by setting himself on fire in central Moscow. Reports say he demanded back his apartment that he claims was illegally taken from him.
Russian pancake-eating champion chokes to death on pancake 
6 Mar, 03:40 PM 21 comments
A man who died after winning a pancake-eating competition in a small Russian city, choked on a pancake according to doctors.
Moscow hit-and-run driver downs 16 people in fight against bureaucracy 
6 Mar, 03:54 PM 16 comments
The driver who hit 16 pedestrians, including a US national, near Russia’s largest university has announced he did it on purpose.
Large families of Siberian region to get free cows and hay in an anti-crisis action 
6 Mar, 04:03 PM 18 comments
Local authorities of a Siberian region have decided to purchase a cow and four tons of hay for each family with three or more children living in the country.
Russian old people's home sealed with 38 people inside 
10 Mar, 03:27 PM 21 comments
Thirty-eight inhabitants of a Russian home for the elderly were sealed inside the building after a court ruled it was dilapidated and violated fire safety rules.
Court confiscates DJ’s apartment for loud music 
10 Mar, 03:15 PM 16 comments
A court has ruled to expropriate a man’s apartment and sell it after repeated complaints from neighbors that he was listening to loud music day and night.
Man dies after winning 12-hour sex marathon bet 
10 Mar, 05:39 PM 27 comments
A young Russian man died after betting two women that he could have non-stop sex with them both for twelve hours and winning the bet.
Disabled man to sue air carrier for refusing to fly him 
11 Mar, 03:17 PM 24 comments
The wife of disabled man who had to wait three days for his flight home will sue the air company that refused to take him on board
Baby born with two penises undergoes surgery in Russia 
12 Mar, 11:51 PM 17 comments
A baby born with two penises in Russia two weeks ago has undergone hours of complicated surgery
12-year old Russian girl becomes mother 
13 Mar, 01:20 PM 19 comments
A twelve-year old girl has given birth in Russia’s Yakutsk city in Eastern Siberia.
Students take professor to court for atheist propaganda 
14 Mar, 12:00 PM 10 comments
A philosophy professor has been charged with violating human rights after warning that all students wanting to do well in their philosophy exam must first become atheists. If found guilty, he may face up to five years in jail
Shop director busted for robbing own cashier at gunpoint without a mask 
16 Mar, 06:07 PM 22 comments
A supermarket director has been detained in Moscow after robbing his own shop. He carefully planned the robbery, but at a crucial moment forgot to put his mask on. The police arrested him at home the next morning.
Court orders compensation to girl who swallowed dentist’s tool 
17 Mar, 11:20 PM 15 comments
A court in Russia’s Saratov Region has ruled that the girl who swallowed a dental file while having her teeth treated at the dentist’s,should be compensated for moral and physical damage.
Christmas tree balls with Barack Obama produced in Russia 
17 Mar, 02:04 PM 12 comments
A Russian factory has produced Christmas tree ornaments decorated with a smiling face of US President Barack Obama.
‘Anti-crisis’ sausage prizes boost number of TV quiz participants 
17 Mar, 05:25 PM 22 comments
A Russian TV-channel registered a sudden increase in the number of participants in the SMS-quiz that started offering ‘anti-crisis’ prizes of sausage.
Russian region bans scientology works 
18 Mar, 04:31 PM 31 comments
Books on scientology have been confiscated from public libraries of the Udmurtia Republic in European Russia, on suspicion that they might be inciting religious hatred or hostility.
Russian couple on trial for keeping 28-year-old mentally challenged daughter in a cage 
19 Mar, 05:38 PM 16 comments
Criminal investigation has been launched into the case of two parents who kept their 28-year-old mentally challenged daughter in a wooden cage.
One million dollars in cash stolen from Russian passenger at the airport 
20 Mar, 11:39 PM 21 comments
The victim of yesterday’s armed robbery at the Russian airport has been deprived of more than a million dollars, in cash.
Doctors sew back on self-castrator’s penis 
20 Mar, 03:13 PM 26 comments
A 37-year-old man cut off his penis with a pair of scissors after his girlfriend left him. Yet, he was lucky enough to have the organ sewn back on again at a hospital.
Boy survives after doctors remove 3-inch nail from his head 
20 Mar, 04:20 PM 16 comments
A 13-year-old boy was rescued after shooting a 3-inch long nail into his skull. He tried to take his life after an argument with his mother.
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