#Russia

This is insane and makes me believe in the powers of a higher being. A Russian truck driver lost control of his vehicle and the whole front of it was smashed. He flew out the front window and held on for dear life, then walked away from the wreck....

People go to great lengths when planning their wedding proposals. There’s been flash mobs, movies made and plans pulling signs across the sky, all with the desire to be the most romantic wedding proposal of all time. However, 30-year old Alexey Byko, had a different object when he hired...

The star of this video is unquestionably the hatchet. After performing what some would describe as a dick maneuver (cutting off a cab while it was going around a corner), the guy with the dashboard cam finds himself pursued by an irate cab driver. The cab driver in question...

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare and the stuff horror movies are made of. A Russian baby is lost in the sewers in the town of Bryansk, 378 km (235 miles) south-west of Moscow, when the road beneath him and his mother completely gave away. One year old Kirill was...

The IAAF World Championships, August 2011, in Daegu South Korea will be remembered in Russia as the day the pole snapped. At least it will for Dmitry Starodubtsev, his family and some close friends. The Russian pole vaulter was trying to make a jump of 5.75 meters when his...

Don’t mess with a Russian hairdresser if you know what’s good for you…. Viktor Jasinki, 32, tried to rob a salon in Meshchovsk, Russia but ended up spending three days as a sex slave. Perhaps Viktor should have done his homework before breaking into the salon and demanded money....

Fagili Mukhametzyanov of Kazan, Russia had been told by doctors that his wife was dead from a heart attack after collapsing in their house.  But as family and friends filed past her coffin, mumbling prayers and well-wishes, Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov woke up and began screaming. Twelve minutes later, she was...

Over my years on this planet I’ve met a few people who have spent time behind bars. Something that I gleaned from their stories is that each person’s experience will differ according to their own character and their country of imprisonment’s philosophy on crime and punishment. In some countries...

This YouTube video shows a group of Russian soldiers in North Ossetia creating a controlled avalanche… using artillery. Watching them nonchalantly stroll towards their vehicles as tons of snow barrel towards them tells me that they: A) hate life; B) have done it too many times to get any...