“Russian bear sets a trap.” A somewhat less pernicious, but no more nuanced image of Russia persists in Western pop culture. Take the recent music video from UK house duo Basement ...

several Adele music videos - and episode 17 of a Russian children's cartoon. Masha and The Bear (or: Masha plyus Kasha as it's known in its native) has garnered a worldwide fan base - we're ...

Masha and the Bear is based on a folk tale with the plot and characters as follows: Masha is a Russian girl who lives ... and the most viewed that is not a music video. Many episodes have huge ...