Video, film, and animation going viral and being shared in Russia on the Russian-language internet, including translations and background information.
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Netizens discuss this positive, heartwarming video showing a compilation of free hugs given out and received by a number of young Russians holding placards.0 -
From helping old ladies cross the road to rescuing cats, this compilation of (mostly) Russian people doing kind things for those around them has gone viral. -
A group of penguins have appeared around Russian cities in a series of viral videos in a bid to promote the soft drink 'Irn Bru.' Opinion on the Runet is divided. -
Simple pleasures on the Runet: many netizens have fallen in love with this cute video of a cat playing with a vacuum cleaner, and its reaction to the suction. -
Video has emerged of Vladimir Putin berating ministers and threatening to dissolve government over what would seem to be a lack of progress on 2012 directives. -
A hitman carried out an unsuccessful assassination attempt on a CEO with a gun hidden in a paper bag. Netizens speculate the whereabouts of the would-be-killer. -
Vladimir Putin has admitted that he enjoyed a protest in Germany, in which Femen protesters staged one of the notorious topless protests they are known for. -
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Russia is in the depths of winter still, with much of the country still covered in snow. Some people are finding it difficult to cope with spring's late arrival. -
A driver has been left with egg on his face footage of him emerged crashing his armoured vehicle into a lamppost in Ryazan, where a military academy is located. -
Netizens are in awe of this short video of a two year old girl in which she is able to identify the main components of her dad's computer despite her young age. -
On arriving at Durban airport, Putin's security detail were stopped by airport guards and refused access to the airport, almost sparking an international incident. -
This Ukrainian man tries to get out onto his balcony after heavy snowfall overnight, much to his son's delight. It's not as easy as it might at first appear! -
At a football match between Rubin and Terek, the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov forgets himself and swears at the referee, shocking the commentator. -
A mother has won compensation through a court after her son was punched and locked in a toilet by his friends because he wouldn't reach down and pull a ball out. -
After an accident in which both drivers died, residents of a nearby town came to loot the cargo of the two trucks, containing food and wheat. Netizens are outraged. -
Netizens feel sorry for a crane driver who had a lucky escape after jumping out of a crane plummeting over an edge, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. -
A song about invading Sweden to the tune of Mamma Mia has gone viral on the Russian internet after a Swedish general said Russia could conquer them in a week.
