Since 2013, WeirdRussia provides non-Russian language readers a glimpse into unusual side of Russia and Russian society by translating popular and trending Russian internet content and discussions from Russian’s largest and most influential websites, discussion forums, and social networks into English.
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WeirdRussia has been featured and referenced by media publications and blogs, including:
- The Huffington Post (huffingtonpost.com)
- Total Pro Sports (totalprosports.com)
- Dark Roasted Blend (darkroastedblend.com)
- Diply (diply.com)
- Soundingsonline (soundingsonline.com)
- The New Inquiry (thenewinquiry.com)
- MetaFilter (metafilter.com)
- Reddit (reddit.com)
- Coudal Partners (coudal.com)
- The Daily Beast (thedailybeast.com)
- Oddity Central (odditycentral.com)
- The City of Kandalaksha, Murmansk oblast (kandalaksha.su)
- Abc.es (El edificio que no quería ser demolido)
- Hír24.hu (Supermanként kerülte el a gázolást)
- Reddit (Reddit: Slavs Squatting)
- PRI (Hello, Putin! A flying bear that swept the Internet)
- Lost at E Minor (Waiting at the traffic lights, these antsy Russians decided it was dance-off time)
- Postimees.ee (Milline on Teriberka, kus võeti üles film «Leviaatan»?)
- Kinja’s cars ([WANT] Concepts: Part Deux)
- Complex (Watch a Russian Youth Soccer Coach Kick His Own Player to the Ground)
- The Daily Beast (The Kremlin Keeps Banning Culture: an Opera, a Movie … Twerking)
- Gândul (Nu sunt top-modele, ci absolvente de liceu din Rusia. Imaginile de pe băncile şcolii au ajuns direct pe internet)
- Radio Free Europe (Russian Grammar Enthusiast Questioned For ‘Nazi’ Sympathies)
- Delfi.lv (Sociālo tīklu pērles: Kā Krievijā gatavojas izlaidumam), (Izpētīts, kāpēc krievi ir apsēsti ar ‘Adidas’ treniņtērpiem)
- Gizmodo (Women In Russia Are Posing With Shawarma, Probably Because Putin)
- MadeMan (This Week in Russia: The Chubchik Haircut)
- Lost at E Minor (WTF? Bizarre photos from Russia’s Google Street View)
- Bokeh by digitalrev (These Animated Images Blur the Line Between Fantasy and Reality)
- Russia Without BS (Behold the Great Russian Bear: Part 46)
- Meneame.net (El loco mundo de los balcones en Rusia)
- ModernNotion (The ‘Secret Cities’ of Russia Are Slowly Opening Up)
- The Washington Free Beacon (Russia Spreads Propaganda in Crimea During Blackout)
- Thecreatorsproject.vice.com (Chocolate Putin & Artist-Designed Condoms: Last Week in Art)
- Voices.nationalgeographic.com (Smile For Me, Russia)
- The Unemployed (Newsletter – December 2015)
- AJC (Vladimir Putin’s deeply weird 2016 calendar)
- Examiner (Vladimir Putin calendar: $76 worth of bare-chested fishing and puppy cuddles)
- Lebonbon.fr (Les Russes s’envoient en l’air (avec Photoshop))
- rgnn.org (Get Your 2016 Putin Calendar Now!)
- Today.it (Russia, il ristorante dedicato a Putin: sulla carta igienica c’è Obama)
- Huffingtonpost.ca (Russia’s Secret City 40 Is A Prison Of Nuclear Waste And Death)
- Sinistra.ch (L’orgoglio nero di un pugile controcorrente)
- 032c Culture Magazine (Jon Rafman and the World’s Hungriest Fetish)
- Tosh.0 (She Really Ties The Room Together)
- yale.edu blog (Tracking Initial Reading)
- New York Post (This 4-year-old girl speaks 7 languages)
- So Bad So Good (Behold: A Collection Of The Most Disturbing Russian Playgrounds Ever)
- Galileu (8 coisas bizarras que aconteceram na Rússia)
- The Moscow Times (Russian Railways Translation Gaffe: A Shower in Exchange for a Soul)
- BoingBoing (The flags of Russia’s regional governments are amazing)
- Knuckledraggin My Life Away (‘Take Your Wife To Work’ day in Russia)
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