Russian State Duma Scolds ‘Cheburashka’ For Destroying Russian Values

The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture also had complaints about “The Bremen Town Musicians”.

The Russian films “Cheburashka” and “The Bremen Town Musicians” are “destructive for the family”. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Dmitry Pevtsov at a meeting of the inter-factional working group of the lower house on the preservation of “spiritual and moral values”, during which the deputies discussed the fight against “destructive ideology”, The Moscow Times reports.

“The decree (by Vladimir Putin on “preserving and strengthening traditional values” — edit.) was issued 20 months ago. During this time, I have watched several of our “wonderful” films, which are called family films (with an age restriction — TMT) 6+. Nothing more destructive for children, for families, than “Cheburashka”, “The Bremen Town Musicians”, “By the Pike's Command” can be created even if desired. Who let it out?” the deputy was indignant during the meeting.

Pevtsov called for the rapid implementation of a “mechanism for limiting the appearance of destructive content” in creative activity and for direct state intervention in this process. He recalled that in Russia “there is a provision on culture that says that the state has no right to interfere in creative activity”. “It seems to me that the work of our group should be devoted, among other things, to ensuring that the state has (the right — edit.) to interfere in what so-called artists do at the legislative level,” he said.

In addition, the deputy called for “preventive suppression of destructive activity <…> at the level of those same artistic councils.”

Vladimir Putin approved the principles of state policy for preserving and strengthening Russian “traditional spiritual and moral values” in November 2022. Two years later, in July 2024, the Cabinet approved a plan of relevant activities for the next two years. The plan includes the production of films, the publication of literature, exhibitions, lectures and lessons. The document was developed by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation together with the government apparatus and the Security Council.

In 2023, the Ministry of Culture refused to show the Hollywood films “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in Russia, which were going to be released under “compulsory licensing”. The reason for the refusal was the inconsistency of the films with the tasks of “preserving and strengthening traditional Russian spiritual values.”

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