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After this, the Pokémon anime was not aired in Russia for seven years. Many fans wrote to TV channels asking them to air the anime, but the only appearance of Pokémon on Russian TV was the airing of ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' and ''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever]]'' on ORT at 6:00 am. | After this, the Pokémon anime was not aired in Russia for seven years. Many fans wrote to TV channels asking them to air the anime, but the only appearance of Pokémon on Russian TV was the airing of ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' and ''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever]]'' on ORT at 6:00 am. | ||
There were a few reasons why ORT stopped airing the anime, including | There were a few reasons why ORT stopped airing the anime, including: | ||
* Some believe that ORT canceled the show because Sergey Suponev, the director of children's programming of ORT, died in a snowmobile accident, and the new director supposedly did not like Pokémon. | * Some believe that ORT canceled the show because Sergey Suponev, the director of children's programming of ORT, died in a snowmobile accident, and the new director supposedly did not like Pokémon. | ||
* Others believe that Russian newspapers and the {{wp|yellow press}} pressured the | * Others believe that Russian newspapers and the {{wp|yellow press}} pressured the reports that Pokémon was "brainwashing children" with {{wp|subliminal stimuli#Consumption and television|subliminal messages}} of {{wp|Shoko_Asahara|Japanese terrorists}} and {{wp|Shiva|the Indian Shiva god}} . ORT didn't want its reputation to fall, so they stopped airing Pokémon. | ||
* Kids fell for pranks told by other stupid children like "Putting your fingers in a outlet will summon a Pikachu" | * Kids fell for pranks told by other stupid children like "Putting your fingers in a outlet will summon a Pikachu" | ||
* Adults born in Soviet Union (Soviet fanatics) said "Pokemon teaches kids {{wp|occultism}} and makes them gain {{wp|Aggression|aggressive}} and {{wp|Violence|violent}} behavior modules". The anime was oftenly compared to {{wp|Soviet animation}}. They filled complaints to ORT to cancel the show and "show non-violent, directive (Making kids to do everything at your home or else they will get trolled) Soviet cartoons!!" | * Adults born in Soviet Union (Soviet fanatics) said "Pokemon teaches kids {{wp|occultism}} and makes them gain {{wp|Aggression|aggressive}} and {{wp|Violence|violent}} behavior modules". The anime was oftenly compared to {{wp|Soviet animation}}. They filled complaints to ORT to cancel the show and "show non-violent, directive (Making kids to do everything at your home or else they will get trolled) Soviet cartoons!!" | ||
===The return of Pokémon=== | ===The return of Pokémon=== | ||
[[File:TNT logo.png|thumb|right|TNT logo]] | [[File:TNT logo.png|thumb|right|TNT logo]] | ||