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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦#Netflix has acquired rights to the russian series masha and the Bear, which incorporates pro-kremlin, militaristic propaganda aimed at children.
Source: United 24 Media
Thorium@EugeneMcParland Sure glad that I don't give any money to Netflix. 🤬
Fun Weirdo@EugeneMcParland Netflix finally hit rock bottom
Birk@EugeneMcParland those familiar characters can be put to good use once the populous needs to be reprogrammed after Putin is gone👍
ari@EugeneMcParland idk i watched masha and the bear as a child, since when is it propaganda ?
its like a girl masha is friends w a bear and they like go fishing or make jam or alike
Unaliving Tendencies@ari @EugeneMcParland they celebrate Russian nationalist holidays (evil, militaristic) unlike when US cartoons characters celebrate Veteran's Day (good, righteous)
Like
I don't think any cartoons should give nationalistic messages to children
But it's not any worse than Paw Patrol
@ari @EugeneMcParland like...victory day and defense of the fatherland day are just holidays in Russia, and will probably continue to be so after Putin dies
@julieofthespirits @EugeneMcParland i dont even remember any nationalistic stuff in masha i medvedi tho i was like idk 5 so memory mightve faded
@ari @EugeneMcParland yeah I think this is just the social media account saying Happy Victory Day the way us cartoon social media accounts will say Happy Fourth of July
@ari @EugeneMcParland and unless we're also going after every cartoon that shows characters celebrating the Fourth of July (something I'm open to!) then who the fuck cares
epiPelagic Puck@EugeneMcParland
Shit. Netflix is the only TV I watch. Bastards. Dirty, rotten bastards.
Shit. Netflix is the only TV I watch. Bastards. Dirty, rotten bastards.
Kevin RussellCancel Netflix. Phone them up, let them know.
Netflix to show militaristic Russian children's propaganda to children.
You'd think sanctions and war would affect the way Netflix chooses contaminated bullshit.
https://deadline.com/2026/06/netflix-lands-new-seasons-of-masha-and-the-bear-1236951188/
filobus@EugeneMcParland also Disney is propaganda
Olmo González
Eh
Aho@EugeneMcParland gosh why nazi-soviet propaganda? Is trumpery taken over the company?
Alex P. 👹@EugeneMcParland
my man, May 9 is literally the same Victory Day they celebrate in Ukraine
if your position is "Netflix should blanket boycott Russia" then i kinda agree, but trying to single out a goofy kid show for posting "happy veterans day" is dumb
@EugeneMcParland
millions of ** Ukrainians ** literally fought nazis while wearing the same hat the kid wears in the picture
millions of ** Ukrainians ** literally fought nazis while wearing the same hat the kid wears in the picture
Bonkers@saddestrobots @EugeneMcParland you're either illiterate, or a pro-russia troll, which is even worse.
you should boycott and sanction russia on the same moral and practical grounds as "you shouldn't do any business with israeli settlements." that's a simple, direct, effective standard. netflix shouldn't pay money for "masha" because that involves giving a ton of money to a russian media company, end of story.
there is no reason to waste time doing the whole a-spectre-is-haunting-europe bit about the hidden meanings of a dull and culturally unadventurous tv show.
@saddestrobots @EugeneMcParland she's literally wearing a KGB uniform hat.
@saddestrobots @EugeneMcParland and it takes 30 second to find out about May 8/9 celebrations in different countries and what the difference is.
Rihards Olups@saddestrobots @EugeneMcParland It was. When Ukraine was occupied by russia.
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Cairo Braga@EugeneMcParland as if the US haven't been doing the same thing for decades...
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@EugeneMcParland it's not even subtle....
Torf und Schnee@EugeneMcParland Can't find the exact link at United24Media, could you please share?
On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ79QiMjq0g/
UNITED24Media on Instagram: "@netflix has purchased the rights to stream, “Masha and the Bear”—Russian cartoon that subtly weaves political messaging into its plot. The series incorporates propaganda elements, militarized symbols, and behavior patterns considered harmful for children. Its massive global viewership generates revenue for the Russian budget. Produced by the Moscow-based studio Animaccord, the show operates with Kremlin support and has a vast international audience, being translated into 22 languages. Now it will get even more attention from the viewers worldwide through Netflix. The National Police of Ukraine has called for sanctions on the series."
14K likes, 1,131 comments - united24.media on June 23, 2026: "@netflix has purchased the rights to stream, “Masha and the Bear”—Russian cartoon that subtly weaves political messaging into its plot. The series incorporates propaganda elements, militarized symbols, and behavior patterns considered harmful for children. Its massive global viewership generates revenue for the Russian budget. Produced by the Moscow-based studio Animaccord, the show operates with Kremlin support and has a vast international audience, being translated into 22 languages. Now it will get even more attention from the viewers worldwide through Netflix. The National Police of Ukraine has called for sanctions on the series.".
@EugeneMcParland Thank you!
#Netflix Extends russian Animated Series "masha and the Bear." What's Wrong With That?
🖊️ Dariia Mykhailenko
@EugeneMcParland @torf oh shit, I didn't know this crap is as popular as Peppa Pig. Makes me sad.
Eugen Rochko@EugeneMcParland Is it just about the holidays or is there something else? Those have been national holidays there as long as I can remember, celebrating the veterans of WW2.
Roman@Gargron @EugeneMcParland Netflix pays a Russian-tied studio, and part of that money lands in the same budget firing missiles at Ukraine. But the slower poison is the rest. Those holidays are not innocent celebrations. They are how Russia turns the army into something holy and dying for the state into something noble, planted in children before they are old enough to question it. (1/2)
Since 2014 that same machine has run on one fuel, the lie that killing Ukrainians is heroic. A cheerful bear is just where the lesson begins. (2/2)
@Gargron @EugeneMcParland
@Gargron @EugeneMcParland
@prvrtl @EugeneMcParland Maybe Masha and the Bear is a propaganda cartoon--I don't know, I haven't watched it--but it seems weird to call out militarized holidays as the reason when 4th of July and Veterans Day exist in the US where Netflix is from.
@Gargron @EugeneMcParland A cheerful Wehrmacht bear streaming worldwide in 1943. Would that one be fine too?
#Netflix Extends russian Animated Series "masha and the Bear." What's Wrong With That?
🖊️ Dariia Mykhailenko
It incorporates propaganda elements, militarized symbols, and behavior patterns considered harmful for children.
It generates revenue for the russian budget.
Produced by the moscow-based studio animaccord, the show operates with kremlin support and has a vast international audience, being translated into 22 languages.
Now it will get even more attention from the viewers worldwide through Netflix.
The National Police of #Ukraine has called for sanctions on the series.
Benny from the Block@EugeneMcParland It seemed harmless enough to watch with the kids until the second episode where the bear takes a belt off the wall to punish Masha - he doesn't, but at that point I was out.