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Synopsis
Life’s a ball in Kikoriki – a place where
everyone counts on the improbable and
depends on the impractical; a land where
you can turn snores into energy, order your
dreams before bed, sail to the edge of the
Earth, and even get a perpetual chocolate
maker as a birthday gift! Meet Krash the
Rabbit, a blue ball of energy always ready
to jump into adventure with his cautious
companion, Chiko the Hedgehog. There’s
Wally the Ram, a purple poet in search of
inspiration from his unrequited love, Rosa
the Pig, a true fashionista. When there’s
a problem in need of an inventive solution
you can always count on Pin the Penguin’s
engineering genius to make the simple
complex. And if it’s unsolicited advice you’re
after, look no further than Olga the Owl, a wise
old granny full of zip, and her pal, Carlin the
Crow, a born entertainer and legend in his
own mind! Yes, you could say that the world
of Kikoriki is a lot like the world of Winnie
the Pooh – if the Hundred Acre Wood had a
submarine, a soccer field, a science lab, ping
pong tables, computers, a hot air balloon, a
baby robot, skateboards, and a disco that is!
Genre: Animated comedy
Seasons 1 and 2: Flash, 208 x 6:30
(completed)
Season 3: CGI, 52 x 11:00
(in production)
Audience: Boys and girls 4-8
Produced by: Petersburg Animation Studio
Website: www.kikoriki.com
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• #1 rated program in Russia among boys and
girls 5-12 with a daily viewership of more than
5 million kids
• 50% of parents watch the show with their kids
• Kikoriki products generated more than $500
million in retail sales between 2007 and 2010
with more than 3,500 licensed products available
• In 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Kikoriki as
the ‘most dynamic brand’ in Russia
• Currently broadcast in Russia, China, Spain,
Germany, Malta, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal,
Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia, and Estonia
•Distributed by Nickelodeon in Eastern Europe
and other key emerging markets
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Kikoriki: The Movie is the first feature film
starring the cast of Russia’s smash television
series. Written as a prequel, the film answers
the question posed in fan letter after fan letter:
Where did Kikoriki Krew come from? Opening
throughout Russia and Ukraine in December
2011, the film also marks the debut of Kikoriki in
stereoscopic 3D CGI animation.
Genre: Animated comedy / adventure
Format: Stereoscopic 3D CGI, 85 min
Audience: Family
Producers: Ilya Popov, Timur Bekmambetov
Produced by: Petersburg Animation Studio
Production status: Completed
Website: www.kikoriki-movie.com
Synopsis
The lovable inhabitants of the remote
island of Kikoriki have it all. Big laughs,
good friends, and a distant paradise
unspoiled by modern woes. But the
lives of the Kikoriki gang are suddenly
turned upside-down when they stumble
on a strange device they had only heard
about– a television.
Misinterpreting the super-hero show
they see on this wondrous box as
reality (and misunderstanding nearly
everything else they see on screen)
the gang is quickly drawn into a zany
adventure far beyond their wildest
dreams – an adventure which catapults
them across the vast ocean to the heart
of the Big City itself.
Will these rebels without a clue survive
the real evils of the mighty metropolis
and find their way back home?
Production status:
In development
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Featuring Pin and the rest of the cast of
Russia’s smash hit Kikoriki, PIN Code
explores the world of science, from the past
to the future and from the microscopic to the
colossal. Each 13-minute episode explores
a different area of science and the scientists
who made it happen.
Genre: Animated sci-fi / adventure /
education
Format: 3D CGI series, 52 x 13:00
Target audience: Boys 6-8
Produced by: Petersburg Animation Studio
Release: September 2011
Production status: In production
Scheduled to air on Russia’s Channel 1
beginning April 2012
Series Synopsis
PIN Code is an educational series featuring
Kikoriki’s genius engineer, Pin the Penguin,
and his latest invention, the Umflier – a time
machine that can travel on land, in water,
or even in outer space, transforming itself
from the microscopic to the colossal! In
each episode Pin and his pals set off on a
wild adventure, uncertain of the surprises
and dangers that lie ahead. After each
scientific journey, the gang returns with not
only a better understanding of engineering,
physics, technology, and the inventors who
changed the course of history, but with a
broader outlook on the possibilities that life
has to offer.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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BabyRiki presents the adventures of
the Kikoriki gang as young tots from
newborn to four-year-olds. Like their
young viewers, the cast of BabyRiki are
little explorers, driven to investigate the
world around them with their insatiable
curiosity.
Audience: Infant – 4, young parents
Production status: In concept
Media platforms: Children’s literature,
interactive books, games, animated series
Production status: In development
The BabyRiki World
• The world of BabyRiki is a graphically
simple, easily recognizable world full of
enthusiasm, joy, and love.
• Like their older Kikoriki counterparts,
each cast member of BabyRiki has a
unique color and temperament.
• With unbridled imagination and energy,
the cast of BabyRiki loves sharing new
games, new knowledge and new skills with
one another.
• The language of BabyRiki mirrors the
language of very young children, from
burbles and babbles of the youngest cast
members through the simple sentences of
the older kids.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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We’ve all heard about gremlins. Sure, it’s a
great story, but unfortunately machines don’t
need any help breaking down – they do that
just fine on their own! The real mystery is when
machines start to conk out and then suddenly
start working again! Like the light bulb that
flickers... then comes on full! Or the car engine
that refuses to turn over... then just revs to life!
Or the broken doorbell that suddenly starts
ringing again. Do you know why that happens?
FIXIES!
Genre: Animated comedy / edutainment
Format: 3D CGI and Flash,
104 x 6:00 (full-length), 4:50 (short version)
Audience: Boys and girls 5-8
Distribution: TV, DVD, VoD
Broadcast on: Russia 1 and Karusel
Production status: In production
Website: www.thefixies.com
Synopsis
The Fixies follows the misadventures of
Tom-Thomas and his secret friendship
with Simka and Nolik, the children of the
Fixie family that lives in his apartment.
There’s just no end to the troubles
Tom-Thomas and his Fixie friends get
themselves into with all the gadgets and
appliances around them! Luckily for Tom-
Thomas, his Fixie friends have the smarts,
the skills, and the tools to figure out a
problem and solve it.
The Fixies not only tells stories about
solving the problems we face in a
world inundated with technology, but
stories about the feelings that motivate
children – feelings of worry, excitement,
jealousy, surprise, fear, competition, and
friendship.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Having won the hearts of viewers of all ages in
Russia, Germany and Eastern Europe in their 3D
CGI feature film outing, the new animated series
Belka and Strelka follows the comic adventures
of the new born puppies of the world’s first dogs
in space.
Genre: Animated comedy
Format: 3D CGI, 54 x 5:00
Audience: Boys and girls 3-7 with
Broadcast in: Series premiere April 2011
on Russia’s top children’s program Good
Night, Little Ones!
DVD released: 2011
Synopsis
Belka and Strelka is a series of tailwagging
adventures starring the
mischievous pups of the world’s first dogs
in space. Living at Russia’s Baikonur
Cosmodrome, the world’s largest launch
facility, the clever Dina, the know-it-all
Rex, and the rowdy Bublik spend their
days watching their older friends leave
for the far reaches of space, dreaming
of the day they’ll make the trip into orbit
themselves. Their attempts to sneak
off the planet get them into all sorts of
trouble, but the raucous canines always
manage to help each other escape their
predicaments, learning about the world
in the process. Belka and Strelka is a
humorous high-energy astro-adventure
that’s ready to take-off.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Following their comic book debut, the
dancing Qumi-Qumi clans became an
Internet sensation after their animated
debut in a 2007 music video. Since then
the Qumi-Qumi have grown into a multiplatform
animated brand featuring a comedy
series, computer game, and mobile and
social networking apps. The project’s vivid
animation, engaging stories, and catchy
melodies will have everyone jabbering away
in Tarabar.
Genre: Animated comedy
Format: Flash, 26 х11:00
Series audience: Boys and girls 8-12
Production status: In development
Website: www.qumi-qumi.com
Synopsis
Qumi-Qumi is an original twisted comedy
staring three members of three different
Qumi-Qumi nations: the Shumi-Qumi, the
Qumi-Juma, and the Yumi-Qumi, each
with its own radically different level of
development and way of life. One thing
the three nations have in common is
Tarabar – the sing-songy gobbledygook
language that they use to communicate
with one another, a language that needs no
translation for audiences around the globe.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Ma∙Go is the story of a group of city cats,
who after being magically transformed into
teenage girls, are able to travel between an
ancient world of magic, invisible to ordinary
humans, and our modern consumer world.
The girls must use their newfound magical
powers to bring an end to the standoff
between the two worlds, or else it will mean
the end of both of them.
The series features stories with equal
parts action, humor, magic and romance –
stories that feature the kinds of emotional
conflicts tweens must cope with during
this transitional period of their lives as
they mature and adapt to an adult society.
The magical plot offers positive models of
behavior based around sincerity, the love of
nature, and faith in the world.
Genre: Animated mystical adventure comedy
Format: 2D, 52 x 22:00
Audience: Girls 7-12
Running time: 52 x 22:00
Produced by: Riki Productions
Production Status: 2D pilot in production,
liveaction with CGI elements in development
Synopsis
The magical world of Magokan exists in parallel
to our ordinary world. The inhabitants of
Magokan are creatures with various magical
abilities that share a close relationship with
nature.
Long ago, the magical world of Magokan and the
human world existed together as one. But the
unity of the two worlds started moving further
and further apart as people began forgetting
their “true” nature as the modern world grew
more and more complex. As man’s destructive
behavior began to encroach upon Magokan,
the inhabitants of this magical world decided
their only choice for survival was to take action
against the humans.
Hoping to gain strength for their battle from
the forces of nature, one of the inhabitants of
Magokan performs an ancient ritual that releases
a powerful bolt of magic. This bolt transforms a
group of ordinary city cats into teenage girls.
As the members of the magical world prepare
to launch an open attack on the humans, the
cat-girls realize that if one side should lose, the
winner is also doomed, because the existence
of both worlds depends on the harmony and
balance between them. The cat-girls must use
their magic powers, as well as their knowledge
and wisdom, in order to find a way to stop the
destruction and return the balance between the
two worlds.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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Synopsis
2093. Planet Earth.
Together with her friends, Alisa Seleznyova,
the twelve-year old daughter of an intergalactic
zoologist, sets out on a series of incredible
adventures throughout our galaxy.
Inspired by the stories of Kir Bulychov
Genre: Animated science-fiction adventure
Format: 3D, 52 x 22:00
Audience: Boys and girls 7-11
Produced by: Bazelevs and Riki
Productions
Production Status: In development
About the Project
The Adventures of Alisa are wondrous and
fantastic science-fiction adventures for and
about young adults. The stories are written
to inspire the show’s tween viewers to
develop independence, strive for creativity,
and discover their individuality.
The project is based on the books of Kir
Bulychov, arguably the most famous author
of science-fiction for children in Russia.
His stories about Alisa, the daughter of an
intergalactic zoologist, are still as popular
as ever with each new generation of young
readers and have been adapted multiple
times for both the big and small screens.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

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The series follows the science-fiction adventures
of Alyosha, a schoolboy, Fugo, an alien shape
shifter, and a cargo robot named Cicero,
traveling together through the galaxy to make
amends with disgruntled alien cultures that have
been slighted by human archeologists.
Genre: Animated adventure
Format: 3D CGI, 90 min. feature film and
26 x11:00 series
Audience (series): Boys 8-12
Produced by: Moscow Animation Studio
Broadcast in Russia: Late 2013
Production status: In development
Series Synopsis
A steam-punk series set in the near future,
The Planet Green stars Alyosha, a young boy,
and his schoolmates as they set off on a series
of interplanetary adventures in their quest to
make amends with disgruntled alien cultures
in the far reaches of the galaxy by returning
the priceless cultural treasures appropriated
by Alyosha’s grandpa over the course of his
career as a space archaeologist.
Feature Synopsis
A cargo spaceship is forced to touchdown on
a distant planet after losing one of its engines.
The crew discovers that a team of scientists
that had landed there before them has
apparently been swallowed up by the jungle.
The crew heads off in search of the scientists
– and they, too go missing. Left behind, young
Alyosha and his friends Fugo, an alien shape
shifter, and Cicero, a steam-punk robot, set
off on a rescue mission of their own to find
and save the adults. In the course of their
dangerous journey Alyosha and his friends
fight their own fears even bringing peace to a
warring alien tribe in the process.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

Genre: Animated action sci-fi
Creator: Maria Kolesnikova
Production status: In concept
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A highly stylized mini-series set in the 1960s,
Agent Chekhov is a tech-wired tale of action
and intrique for mature audiences.

Chinti
Year: 2011
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
Partners: Russian Cinema Fund,
The Riki Group, Petersburg Animation Studio
Production status: Compleated
Synopsis:
A little ant finds a ticket with a picture of the
Taj Mahal. He falls in love with the image of the
magnificent structure and begins a life long quest
to build a miniature version of great Wonder of the
World. The ant is so completely absorbed with
his dream that he is unable to even see where his
creation stands…
My Childhood Mystery Tree
Year: 2008
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
Partners: Russian Cinema Fund,
The Riki Group, Petersburg Animation Studio
Production status: Compleated
Synopsis:
A young boy departs on a fantastic magical journey into the inner world of his childhood
to rescue the treasured teddy bear he has lost. He discovers that while he must
break apart this world in order to become an adult, he can still hold onto his bear as a
reminder of the childhood he left behind.
Contact information:
Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya Emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki

Contact information:
The Riki Group, Building A
Petrogradskaya emb. 34
Saint Petersburg, 197101,Russia
+7 (812) 635-68-11,12,13
+7 (812) 777-77-88
info@rikimedia.ru
www.riki-group.com
All Right Reserved © 2010-2012 Riki