In Russia, where open criticism of the war in Ukraine is effectively outlawed, memes have become a coded way to comment on the full-scale invasion. Many of the most widely shared memes mock the ...

The Smeshariki are stylized rounded animals. Each of the nine characters has a unique personality and a range of interests with no negative characters among them. Plots are built not on the battle of ...

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This summer, one of the most popular Russian animated TV series, 'Smeshariki' aka 'KikoRiki' (also 'GoGoRiki' or 'BalloonToons' in the U.S.) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Almost all continents have ...

Young Americans will see a Russian animated film about famous Smeshariki, reports RIA Novosti. A record label “Shout! Factory” has acquired the rights to release the film in the United States. The ...

Anatoly Prokhorov, a key figure in commercial and auteur-driven Russian animation since the 1980s, died from leukemia on Sunday. He was 72. But Kikoriki is only one part of an unusually rich and ...