From Russia with Weirdness

The blog Englishrussia.com details contemporary events in the Russian Federation and some former Soviet Republics. The following are some recent internet obsessions in Russia which ring with Gogolesque weirdness.

Here is a weird looking guy at a press conference with Putin now nicknamed Glazastik (Big-Eyed Guy):




Here is a video with another weirdo with a dirty face called Chumazik (Dirty-Faced Fellow), a drunken factory worker in the background: