Tag: Russia
Remember when that 10-ton meteorite fell 30,000 mph into a Russian lake and suddenly, all these dashcam videos popped up online and you were like waaaaaa? And then the whole internet is like, WHY DO RUSSIANS HAVE DASH CAMS?!!! And then this ANIMAL article from 2012 — Dash-Cams: Russia’s Last Hope for Civility and Survival on […]
This is a 5-piece matryoshka set that you can buy on Etsy, “featuring famous Kurt Cobain Nirvana group.” Yes, all five of them. All five Cobains. This set is artisan-made by hand in Russia and, ahem, ahem… “It is a funny matryoshka doll, and each smaller piece of the set fits into the next larger one.” […]
We’re not short on New York subway freak-out videos here, but here’s a special gem for your Monday morning, from Russia with love. Or rather, from Russia with VERY, VERY ANGRY. Here’s a gentleman simply trying to use the International Metro Station Stop in St. Petersburg. The only problem is that it’s closed. It’s a […]
Friday morning in the Russian Ural city of Chelyabinsk, a 10-ton meteor plummeted out of the sky. Inevitably, it was recorded on the dashcams. The residents of the city are being treated for minor injuries to the flying glass and debris. According to the latest from the governor, 950 people were injured and 3000 buildings were […]
We’ve already discussed the various reasons why Russians have dash-cams, reasons which may or may not be tank related. But here’s one Russian driver who isn’t intimidated by the legally-sporadic and “allegedly” bribe-happy traffic police. Meet Russian taxi driver Nikitta Rumyantsev who knows his traffic laws. All of them. Verbatim. And when the cops who stop […]
When Russian volcano Plosky Tolbachik erupted in November, a team from the non-profit photo project AirPano dropped everything and flew a helicopter over Kamchatka to film the dangerous spectacle. You have two very safe ways to enjoy this: This mind-blowing 360-degree interactive panorama and this totally wild interactive helicopter ride — you get to “control” the camera while exploring the otherworldly […]
This is the second best monkey-related video on the internet. How’s your Monday going, by the way? Yeah? Yeah, I know. And there’s snow. Not the fun kind. So here is a seriously cute monkey because BECAUSE. His name is “Vanya.” He’s a Russian monkey. He hops around and shit. Look at him eating snow! LOOK! […]
Oh, no big deal, it’s just A TANK ROLLING THROUGH A HIGHWAY!!! And the best part, the utter nonchalance of the driver and his passenger. They’re like, “Oh. Look. A tank.” In monotone. As terrible Russian pop music bleats softly in the background. Oop, and there it went. Rollin’ on then. On the Russian dash-cam forums, […]
Recently, French actor Gérard Depardieu publicly denounced France’s rich-people tax increase proposal and accepted Russian citizenship — with much pomp and opulent pandering from the Russian press. He is also Putin’s BFF now. They’re like, hanging out and calling each other “friends” on TV and stuff. And so, Depardieu was asked how he can be such a […]
This is the Orda Cave, the biggest underwater crystal cave in the world in Perm, Russia. On the day of this mystical photo-shoot with the two-times free diving world champion Natalia Avseenko, it was -32.8F outside. The water was a brisk 41 F. Nice face, Natalia. Very stoic… considering you’re floating in ice slushy. It’s so cold here, […]
