The biggest box office hit in Russia is a 2023 film called “Cheburashka,” and its sequel — released this year — is already the second biggest film. It’s the modern revamp of a beloved character from ...

Instead of obsessing over the fictional Cheburashka, Russians should be focused on more important things like the rebirth of ...

The dissolution of the Soviet Union was, at least from a distance, a moment of euphoria. But there’s little joy in the lives of the young Russians we meet in “Mother Russia,” a dark, frequently ...

Set in the Soviet Union in 1937, this investigative drama follows one man’s mission for justice within a corrupt system.