If you've read this blog for a while, you know that I'm a big fan of adopting Russia's older children. But a new program in Novosibirsk is pushing older adoption to the limit. According to Russia Today, the Siberian city is testing out a plan to have local families adopt its senior citizens.

Typically, the report says, Russia's elderly would live with their children and grandchildren. But apparently some either... more

Where is it? Novosibirsk Oblast is located, as you might have guessed from the name, in western Siberia. It is bordered by Omsk and Tomsk oblasts, Kemerovo Oblast and Altai Krai. Kazahkstan is just to the south. The Ob River cuts through the region. Though it is small, the economic importance of its largest city has merited the Novosibirsk region its own time zone, and you can find the local time here.

What's... more