Have you ever met a Russian with a sense of humour? No, TheEye hasn’t either…but it turns out that they do exist.

Pravda brings us news that the statue of Lenin which stands outside of the Finnish Railway Station in St. Petersburg has been vandalised. It happened at 4a.m. on April 1st which always makes you suspicious of news articles running on that date, but the Associated Press are running with it too and none of the pics on Pradva appear to be Photoshopped either.

…”The power of the bomb was equal to 300 grams of TNT, experts said. The police are now trying to identify the man who placed the explosive device on the backside of the monument….

“The monument to Vladimir Lenin near St. Petersburg’s Finnish Railway Station was already vandalized at the end of November. Someone mounted a large knife in the hand of the monument for no particular reason.

“The monument was erected in 1926 in honor of Lenin’s return to the city after emigration on April 3, 1917. The monument was not damaged in the Leningrad Blockade during WWII. People made a wooden box for the monument, filled the box with sand and covered the pedestal with soil”.

The problem with Pravda is that it is rather like the Austrian Times…the genuine stories are often so stupid that you’d never bother to even attempt spotting an April Fool.

One recent classic was published by Pravda on the 26th March so we are definitely safe from scams on that one. Just not safe from ridiculous nonsense.

Jesus Christ’s Face Appears On Broken Meterorite

Yes. Really.

“Russian scientists noticed the image of Jesus Christ on the meteorite which fell down on the Earth about 100 years ago. The image is identical to the one that appears on the Shroud of Turin.

“The meteorite cracked into two as it rammed into the planet in the Far East of Russia. The image of Jesus Christ’s face can be seen on the split. The meteorite was dubbed Boguslavka, after the village where it had been found. The face of Jesus Christ on the meteorite is just the same as on the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. It is believed by many to be the cloth placed on Jesus of Nazareth at the time of his burial.

“The meteorite is now kept at the Moscow-based Geological Museum”

Make of that steaming pile of…nonsense…what you will. They almost make the BBC look professional.