Mad Russia

Drunken trooper tries to break a bottle with his head

2008-07-30T06:28:00.000-07:00

During the celebration of Air-borne Forces Day in the Russian town of Tver one of the troopers who was as drunk as fish decided to show his strength. He took a bottle of beer and tried to break it with his head. As a result he broke his head, not the bottle.

Stiletto race

2008-07-22T00:58:00.000-07:00

Stiletto race takes place in Moscow every year. About 100 women on stiletto heels run as fast as they can to win the race. The prize is 100,000 rubles (about $4,000).

Trud

Wheelchair ride

2008-07-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

Most Russian busses, trolleybuses trams and other means of public transport are not adapted for the disabled people on wheelchairs. That is why some of them invent their own ways of moving around their towns and cities.

Photos by Alex Petrov

Pigeon Lady

2008-05-26T01:08:00.000-07:00

Pigeon Lady sits near the St. Philip Church in the centre of Moscow. She pleads for charity staying there all days long. Her hobby is to feed pigeons and pigeons have got used to her so much that they feel themselves comfortable sitting on her shoulders knees and even head.

Photos by Irina Gouseva

Iron Wolf

2008-05-19T02:08:00.001-07:00

A unique car was made by a group of Moscow bikers. An old truck has become a real piece of art. The new vehicle was called “Iron Wolf”

Source: mreporter.ru

Ominous eyes in the sky before the hurricane

2008-05-12T03:46:00.000-07:00

Before the hurricane in the Russian town of Chernomorskoe, people saw ‘huge eyes’ in the sky. That hurricane caused several large catastrophic events - helicopter MI-8 crash and Neftegaz-67 shipwreck.

Giant catfish caught in Volga

2008-05-04T05:11:00.001-07:00

Some people say that there is no longer big fish in Russian rivers as it used to be. However, the photos made in Shumeika village, Saratov region, prove that such Russian rivers as Volga are still abundant in fish. This giant catfish caught at the end of April is good evidence.

Source: http://mreporter.ru/

Pet cemetery in the suburbs of St. Petersburg

2008-04-22T04:08:00.000-07:00

Dogs, cats, parrots, hamsters and other pets often become members of our families. When they die we feel sorrow. In Kolpina, the area in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, local people arranged the cemetery for their pets. It sounds funny, but the most disturbing thing is that people put crosses on the pet graves, not taking into consideration the fact that those are animals that are buried, not humans.

Source: vesti.ru

Keyboard fight

2008-04-21T00:22:00.001-07:00

Students of one of the Ukrainian universities arranged a flash mob called ‘Keyboard fight’. A group of students went out in the street and started fighting with old keyboards.

Source: zik.com.ua

Russian revenge

2008-04-15T00:41:00.000-07:00

We do not know what the owner of the car did to a person who covered his vehicle with paint, but it is clear that it was something awful. To show his anger the owner wrote the following on the car doors “I will find you!”

Russian ruler

2008-04-14T00:33:00.000-07:00

Here is another example of Russian quick wits. The lack of necessary tools makes Russian university lecturer use a chair as a ruler.

Source: ziza.ru

Russian aerography

2008-04-11T01:28:00.000-07:00

Russian drivers do their best to make police feel angry and humiliated. This photo is one of such examples.

Drunk Mercedes driver crashes into pensioner's house

2008-04-10T00:48:00.000-07:00

This happened in Velikii Novgorod. An old lady was watching TV when she heard a terrible sound from the outside. The walls of her house trembled. When she went out she saw a Mercedes car crashed into her house. The driver was drunk. Click here to watch video.

Source: life.ru

Russian hunters kill giant bear

2008-04-03T05:50:00.000-07:00

Russian hunters kill giant bear in Krasnoyarsk region.

Source: ochevidec.net

Sanitation truck accident

2008-04-02T23:17:00.000-07:00

An accident happened in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. A sanitation truck driver had a heart attack and the truck ran into the side of the road and turned over.

Source: http://mreporter.ru/

Russian dormitories

2008-04-02T22:50:00.000-07:00

This is how Russian students live in their dormitories

Source: trud.ru

Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers

2008-04-02T03:37:00.001-07:00

Source: pravda.ru

Beavis got older and moved to Russia

2008-04-02T03:27:00.000-07:00