The Walt Disney Company CIS


The Walt Disney Company CIS, LLC is the Russian subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company EMEA region of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. The Walt Disney Company CIS was founded in April 2006. It is headquartered in Moscow, the capital of Russia.
In 2007, Walt Disney Company CIS and Sony Pictures Russia created the joint venture of Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS. The company owns and operates Russian versions of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney. Disney Channel was originally planned to launch in 2009, but a Disney Americas deal with Media-One Holdings was denied by Russian authorities.
Kakhaber Abashidze is now the head of The Walt Disney Company CIS.

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The first feature flm produced by Disney Russia was The Book of Masters released in 2009. Disney Russia planned to make two new films in the summer of 2011, but after the lackluster financial results of The Book of Masters Disney Russia abandoned those plans. The next feature film from Disney Russia was The Last Warrior released in 2017.
; Feature films
; TV and short films