The Moscow Times on MSNOpinion

Dan Storyev: The unbearable triviality of cancelling a Russian cartoon

A specter is haunting the West: the specter of a cartoon bear and no-less-cartoon hyperactive little girl. You might be ...
The Spectator AustraliaOpinion

In defence of Masha and the Bear

Thank heavens that everything in the UK is going so well, that more than 50 MPs have so little to do that they can spend ...

The Russian children’s cartoon embroiled in Putin’s soft-power war

On the face of it, Masha and the Bear appears to be a children’s cartoon series like any other. Masha is a little girl who loves exploring the forest and playing with her anthropomorphised animal ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

UK lawmakers urge halt of Russian animation 'Masha and the Bear'

UK lawmakers have called on the government across party lines to halt the broadcast of a Russian animation series popular in ...