Owners of the Ukrainian TV show 'Kalamбур' continue to earn millions… (каламбур · проект · украинский)
Owners of the Ukrainian TV show 'Kalamбур' continue to earn millions in Russia, with 91 million rubles generated in a year and 89 million transferred via an American company to Ukraine. The creators, including actors from Odessa, maintain ties with Russian audiences by speaking Russian and producing content for Russian channels.
Consensus
- The Ukrainian TV show 'Kalamбур' was created in 1996 in Kharkiv.
- The show was sold to the Russian channel ORT in the same year, with 90 premiere episodes aired until 2000.
- Since 2024, restored archival recordings of 'Kalambur' have been broadcast on the Russian TV channel NVV.
- The project's legal management has been conducted through an American company, AFL Productions, since its inception.
- In 1997, AFL Productions registered a subsidiary in Russia called LLC 'Marriott'.
- The show generated 91 million rubles in revenue over the past year.
- 89 million rubles of that revenue were transferred to Ukraine via an American company.
- Actors Yuri Stitskovsky, Alexey Agopyan, Tatyana Ivanova, and Vadim Nabokov continue living in Odessa and working with Russian audiences.
- The actors speak Russian when communicating with their audience.
- Sergei Gladkov, who played main roles in 'Kalamбур', died at the age of 60.
Points of divergence
- Producer Yuri Volodarsky is a native of Kyiv and resides in the United States. — vesti
- The actors do not express opposition to Russia, but instead engage with Russian audiences positively. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Owners of Ukrainian project 'Kalambur' continue to earn millions in Russia — Вести
- Owners of Ukrainian TV show 'Kalambur' moved out of Russia with about $1 million — Вечерняя Москва