Eduard Nazarov: “There is Cheburashka, but there is no Shvartsman”
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Wolf, Hare, Elephant, Monkey, Boa constrictor and Parrot were at the center of a loud scandal. The film fund of the Soyuzmultfilm film studio - a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise - sold the rights to toys depicting these and other Soviet cartoon characters to a certain company Fancy. Artists and directors were outraged that they had not been asked permission.