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News seems to have emerged that Cisco have been paying bribes to Russian officials in the form of huge discounts on products which were then split with resellers.
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A biographical calendar featuring Joseph Stalin getting older is making waves on the Runet after it emerged that it was published by the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Russian netizens comment on the two recent terrorist bombings in Volgograd, both in the days leading up to the new year, and supposedly by muslim insurgents.
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As political discontent continues in the country, MPs' salaries have increased significantly, according to sources within parliament itself. Netizens are resentful.
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In Kazan, a group of 200 people have cooked the world's longest kebab. The kebab was later donated to a nearby orphanage after it was cooked - all 180 metres of it!
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A dentist in Chelyabinsk has been fined for an advert that shows a father smiling as a doctor holds a black child despite both him and his wife being white.
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A video of Bloodhound Gang's guitarist, Jared Evil, stuffing a Russian flag into his underpants in a concert in Ukraine has caused the band some trouble in Russia.
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In Egypt, President Putin's popularity is growing, according to Itar-Tass news agency. Netizens joke that Egypt are welcome to him, and discuss his presidency.
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Edward Snowden is once again in the headlines after making an appearance at Sheremetyevo airport, where he is currently stuck in the transit area requesting asylum.
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The Moscow authorities are dealing with a plague of rats which has infested the capital due to both a very warm May and the closure of several shopping centres.
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A video has gone viral showing a man jumping into a fish tank in a supermarket in Ukraine. Netizens are shocked that he seems to have suffered no ill effects.
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A video has emerged of a pizza delivery man helping himself to some of a customer's pizza in the lift of their apartment building. Netizens are completely outraged.
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Netizens deplore their postal service in the wake of a fire that broke out in one of the firm's buildings, destroying an area of 10 square metres worth of letters.
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Vladimir Putin has admitted that he enjoyed a protest in Germany, in which Femen protesters staged one of the notorious topless protests they are known for.
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At a football match between Rubin and Terek, the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov forgets himself and swears at the referee, shocking the commentator.
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The driver of a marshrutka who kicked a girl off in Moscow to freeze after she couldn't pay her fare has been arrested. Netizens criticise the other passengers.
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A poor mother of two has made the news after explaining how she lives on 43 roubles a day, and netizens have rushed to her assistance, offering food and money.