In a Moscow mall, a large pink house stands prominently near the food court, complete with pink decorations and life-size Barbie and Ken cutouts, both smiling broadly. Their happiness might be due to the Barbie film's success in the cinema across, unaffected by Western sanctions. Even after Hollywood stopped releasing movies in Russia post Ukraine's invasion, some movies, like Barbie's, found a way in through unauthorized copies and were translated into Russian.