Kremlin pol proposes country’s own version of Disneyworld based on Russian cartoon characters

When you wish upon a czar.

Move over, Mickey and Minnie — one Moscow politician is plotting to turn his war-mongering and economically failing country into the “Happiest Place on Earth” by building an all-Russian version of Disneyland.

Airat Gibatdinov, a member of Russia’s Council Committee on Culture, is proposing the Kremlin build its own version of the iconic US-based theme park populated with Soviet-era cartoon characters, Russian outlet TASS reported.

He believes that Russian cartoons are ‘Putin’ on better shows than foreign cartoons.

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