The Kremlin media are reporting a new atrocity by the Ukrainian authorities: they raised their hand to the sacred – to the beloved fairy-tale hero of the children. RIA "Novosti" in the material under the heading "In Ukraine, Cheburashka was recognized as an" occupier "" writes :
“In Kyiv schools, against the backdrop of the successful distribution of the film Cheburashka in Russia, posters appeared in which the main character of Eduard Uspensky’s story is called “an occupier,” according to the Telegram channel of the Ukraina.ru website.
The published picture shows a poster with a crossed out image of Cheburashka. The signature invites those who like the character to go to Russia.”
"Arguments and Facts", which titled its article "" Shapoklyak – Hero of Ukraine ". The Network ridiculed the ban on Cheburashka in the schools of Kyiv, ”they add details:
“After Santa Claus and the monuments to Alexander Pushkin, a new “occupier” from Russia was discovered in Ukraine. Judging by the publications on the Web, a campaign against Cheburashka has unfolded in the schools of Kyiv.
From the photo, it is clear that someone hung up posters with a crossed-out image of an eared cartoon character holding several oranges.
The caption reads: "If you love Cheburashka – go to your rashka" (If you love Cheburashka, go to Russia – jarg.). Judging by the push pins and the corkboard, it looks like the poster was pinned to a school display.
One of the first photos of the “anti-Cheburashkovsky” manifesto was published in Telegram by the famous sports blogger Tamir Sheikh. The post got over 100,000 shares.
In the comments, readers assume that the Ukrainian war with Cheburashka was caused by the success of the new remake with the participation of Sergei Garmash in the box office. The project has already raised more than 3 billion rubles and has become the most profitable project in the history of Russian cinema.”
Izvestia, Lenta.ru, Tsargrad, RIA FAN and other propagandists also talk about this. Even Dmitry Peskov reacted to the message about the recognition of Cheburashka as an occupier, saying:
“This should not be explained to us, this is not our problem. This should be explained to the children of Ukraine by parents.”
In the Telegram channel of the Russian online publication Ukraina.ru (owned by Rossiya Segodnya MIA), a photo of Cheburashka the Occupant appeared on Tuesday at 13:52 GMT. They claim that the photo was sent by an anonymous subscriber.
10 minutes earlier, the photo was published on the Sheikh Tamir Telegram channel by blogger Maxim Shikhaliev (pseudonym Tamir Sheikh), who initially gained fame as a promoter of a healthy lifestyle, but has recently switched completely to the Kremlin’s anti-Ukrainian agenda. It seems that the publication in the channel of Tamir Sheikh was the first. The photo's metadata has been removed; it is impossible to establish where, when and with what camera it was made.
But what is surprising is that there are no traces of the “anti-Cheburashkin campaign” in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. The photo of the poster shown in all publications of the Kremlin media is only one, with erased metadata, it was published many times, but only on Russian websites and in anti-Ukrainian social media accounts. That is, there is a campaign, but not against Cheburashka, but against Ukrainians, allegedly fighting him.
Propagandists link the "Ukrainian campaign" with the release of Dmitry Dyachenko's feature-length film "Cheburashka", which broke the national record in box office in cinemas in the first days of the new year. The photo they are replicating is a frame from this film. For obvious reasons, Russian films are not shown in Ukrainian cinemas, Cheburashka is not yet available even in pirated copies on the Internet. Sooner or later they will inevitably appear, but apparently there will be no other way for Ukrainian children to see the film. It is all the more incredible that the campaign launched against the film left no trace on the network.
About 15 years ago, the Ukrainian group "Na Vіdminu Vіd" ("In Unlike From") recorded a song about Cheburashka:
"I'm afraid of Cheburashka!
Patamu sha vin is terrible!
I'm afraid of Cheburashka
Bo wine is not funny!
I'm afraid of Cheburashka
Patamu sha vin is terrible.
Beware of Cheburashka – dangerous wine!
It seems that the Kremlin propagandists, inventing a campaign against Cheburashka the invader, were inspired by this work.