MOSCOW (AP) -- A proverbial Russian bear has long alarmed Westerners ... but some elements of it turned out to be a happy coincidence. Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf ...

is how Alina Kukushkina recalls her many years of work for Animaccord, the studio involved in the production of the animated series Masha and the Bear ... where she was happy to sing and ...