Will Cheburashka find his way back to Russia? (Public domain) MOSCOW, April 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- He has delighted generations of Russian children, but now Cheburashka, a cuddly cartoon character with ...
MOSCOW — The best-loved soundtrack of Soviet-era childhood rang with melancholy about the lost past and the unfortunate fact that birthdays come only once a year. Its star was an animated outsider — a ...
An impossibly cute creature from a 1966 Soviet book and cartoon has recently found himself on the periphery of discussions about the Kremlin's growing ambitions to exercise greater control over ...