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• Ilya 2:26 pm on June 26, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: games, laws ( 9 ), online games, parenting ( 2 )   

  Russian lawmakers want to slow down online games the same way they slowed Telegram.

  The State Duma’s family and children committee says Roskomnadzor and the Digital Ministry could use their experience with other platforms to limit how long children spend continuously on screens.

  Lawmakers say gaming and social media controls are needed to protect kids.

  Earlier, Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin claimed online games and in-game chats are an effective tool for recruiting teenagers into sabotage.
   

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• Ilya 2:11 pm on June 26, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Moon, Roscosmos, space   

  Russia wants to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2036, according to a draft Roscosmos decree.

  After 2036, the state space corporation plans to launch nuclear-powered spacecraft into outer space.
   

• Ilya 12:19 pm on June 25, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: beliefs, lottery ( 2 )   

  A Russian woman won 29 million rubles — about $390,000 — in the lottery thanks to a spider, without even getting off the couch or guessing a single number.

  On the day of the win, a black spider crawled onto the hand of the senior woman from Russia’s Rostov region. A black spider is considered a sign of coming wealth.

  She immediately bought an “All or Nothing” lottery ticket — and became a millionaire.
   

• Ilya 9:58 am on June 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: government, Perm, snow   

  
  Officials in Perm reported that they had cleared snow — at the end of June.
  They simply waited for summer until the snow melted on its own. Residents had complained about the snowbanks back on January 19, but the response came only five months later.
  As proof, officials sent photos taken in summer.
   

• Ilya 9:43 am on June 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: scam, Sochi, taxi ( 2 ), tourism ( 2 )   

  Russian tourists have found a genius way to get around Sochi for free with a personal driver.

  They are mass-booking showings for houses and apartments near the beach, so real estate agents drive them to the area. Then the tourists simply walk away and go sunbathe, realtors complain.

  Over a week, tourists can save more than 10,000 rubles — about $134 — on taxis this way. The scheme has been around for a second year, but this summer it has become widespread.
   

• Ilya 4:55 pm on June 23, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: St. Petersburg ( 3 ), WW2   

  Chevrons of Wehrmacht units will be placed on the floor of the Park Pobedy metro station lobby in St. Petersburg so passengers can walk over them, Governor Beglov said.

  The station flooring will be made from melted-down armor from German military vehicles found at World War II battle sites near Leningrad.
   

• Ilya 3:01 pm on June 23, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: employment ( 4 ), gaming, jobs ( 2 )   

  
  A gamer job in Moscow is offering 100,000 rubles — about $1,340 a month.

  The listing says they’re looking for a sharp, charismatic Counter-Strike 2 gamer and streamer who can crush opponents, crack jokes, host entertaining streams, share their passion, and engage with a big audience.
   

• Ilya 10:04 am on June 23, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: fuel ( 3 ), gas ( 3 )   

  Russians have started mass-searching online for how to siphon gasoline.

  In just three months, the number of such searches jumped tenfold — from 4,000 to 44,000 per week.

  Because of gas station limits, people on social media are discussing a new workaround: fill up the car, drive away, pour the fuel into a gas can, then return to the station again.
   

• Ilya 9:56 am on June 23, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: domestic violence, family, laws ( 9 ), marriage ( 2 )   

  A domestic violence ban would discourage Russians from getting married, a State Duma lawmaker said.

  According to Nina Ostanina, head of the Duma Committee on Family Protection, “guys will be afraid” of impulsive police reports from women and may refuse marriage — or fall under the childfree ideology, which is banned in Russia.

  She argued that such a law could push men away from marriage and having children.
   

• Ilya 8:28 pm on June 22, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Chelyabinsk ( 2 ), sky   

  
  Chelyabinsk region looking like a scene from Stranger Things.

  The sky turned dark red, and the text on the video says:

  “The chances of seeing a Stranger Things sky are extremely low — but never zero.”