One Piece in Russia

Background
In Russia, the One Piece Manga and Anime rights are owned and distributed through the popular Manga publisher, Comix-ART. While the title was translated as adaptation from "One Piece" to "Большой Куш" (Snatch). the orginal title "One Piece" is still left unchanged.

History
In May of 2011, the Manga publisher, Comix-Art purchased the rights to both the Manga and the first 77 epsiodes of Anime for Russia and surrounding countries such as Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The first Manga release is slated for February 2012. The Anime is slated to begin airing on Russian television in the same time. While a DVD release is currently in planned for the future, no tentative date has currently been set.

Openings and Endings
According to an interview on the One Piece Podcast episode 188, all the Openings and ending are going to dubbed into Russian. A clip of the first dubbed opening aired as a teaser on the podcast and can be viewed here.