Interesting news and stories translated into English from Russia and the Russian-language internet.
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Following the death of Eduard Khil, the "Trololo" man, in June this year, residents of his old apartment block have suggested that a square be named in his honour.3 -
A group of real estate investors have been criticised for sending a kitten into space in a protest to Putin asking him to help them finish their building projects. -
Russian reality TV host Ksenia Sobchak has paid the registration fee for a politician, enabling him to stand for leadership of the opposition in an upcoming vote. -
Domodedovo, a small town not far from Moscow, has declared its independence from the rest of the Russian Federation, requesting EU recognition and acceptance. -
A processing plant in Odessa is no longer able to process donations, meaning approximately a hundred men are out of pocket after their donations were accepted. -
Five older students have been reprimanded by their university in the Crimea for organising an initiation ceremony in which first year students simulated sex acts. -
Russian Alexander Stepanov becomes the second participant in film project "Virgins Wanted", where he and a Brazilian girl will be filmed selling their virginity. -
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A complaint has been made about Russia's largest dairy company over a six-coloured rainbow that appears on the packaging of their "Merry Milkman" product line. -
The Supreme Court have ruled that beating protesters is legal, provided they do not die or suffer serious injuries. Any attempt at self-defence is also illegal. -
To almost no-one's surprise, Austrian statisticians have confirmed that the 2012 Russian presidential elections had as much integrity as those held in Uganda -
Following events yesterday in Moscow, MPs have suggested that the penalty for drink driving is not severe enough, and drivers ought to face life imprisonment. -
Seven people have been killed at a Moscow bus stop as a car travelling at 125mph crashes into them with a drunk driver behind the wheel. Five remain unidentified. -
A woman has been found dead at home in Asha, near Chelyabinsk by her boyfriend after a beer bottle was inserted into her rectum as part of a sex game gone wrong. -
The "Innocence of Muslims" film, found "extremist" by the General Attorney of Russia, could cause YouTube to be added to a list of blocked sites in early November. -
After 40 years, the Russian government have declassified a huge deposit of diamonds on the border of Yakutia and Krasnoyarsk region, netizens react with cynicism. -
A recent poll shows that one third of Russians do not believe information they find on the internet, while another third believe everything that they read online. -
After leading a flock of endangered cranes in a hang-glider, Vladimir Putin's most recent publicity stunt has one blogger calling him the "adrenaline president"
