The cartoon, loosely based on a Russian fairy tale, centers on the mischievous and minuscule girl Masha and the towering Bear, a retired circus performer who falls victim to the green-eyed sprite ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A proverbial Russian bear has long alarmed Westerners as the symbol of Moscow's might and purported ferocity. But the Russian who has taken the world by storm is a sweet goof who ...

Russian cartoon, Masha and the Bear's YouTube channel is in top 10 most-viewed worldwide. ... "Some types of professionals like storyboard artists are nowhere to be found in Moscow,'' Kuzovkov ...