Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a well-known fan of judo, but he could face his greatest challenge yet as a martial arts class for grannies is ready to challenge Putin on the mat.

"Vladimir Putin! We invite you to come here. We can show you what we have learned", - says Lyudmila Ignatenko, aikido class student from Novosibirsk. - "You know, once a Japanese guy came here - I knocked him out. Why not try it with Putin?"

"Vladimir Vladimirovich! Please come here! And if you allow us - we will try our favorite grips on you", - says another aikido class student, Lyubov Adamchik.

Mr Putin possesses a black belt in judo, so it is likely he will not be easily knocked out. Regardless, the ladies are well-prepared.

"The ladies are not playing here, we don't gather for tea or chatter. This is aikido as it should be", - says aikido trainer Andrey Podoinikov.

Amazing Russian band Plan GoBla performs songs backwards live without any special effects. This time they reversed the song Fairytale by the winner of Eurovision-2009 Alexander Rybak.

At 1:55 the video begins to play in the opposite direction and you can listen to the song in its normal sound.

A nice tribute to Michael Jackson: Russians dance "like MJ" in streets of Moscow.

Previously at metkere.com: Spider-Man in Moscow, Mummies at Red Square and "We are the Champions" in Altay Language.

North Korea’s latest launch is not missiles, but a TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer.

The advert, billed as the "Pride of Pyongyang", promises drinkers that the beer will help ease stress. "It represents the new look of Pyongyang. It will be a familiar part of our lives", the advert says.

Taedonggang Beer Factory has been making the brew since 2002.

Several young people dressed as mummies attempted to hold a protest at Red Square in Moscow. The protesters wrapped from head to toe in white bandages identified themselves as Orthodox monarchists. The group previously held a demonstration in support of burying Lenin near the graves of his mother and sisters in St. Petersburg.

Michael Reissinger from the Scholz & Friends agency made this animation about history of marketing.

Here's a weird version of the Queen's song "We are the champions" sung in Altay language by the local musicians.

And the same song in Karelian: