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Just you wait — Ну,погоди ! Nu Pogodi ! (Japan)

My neighbourhood always has fun stuff waiting to be discovered. Today, I found a shop selling Soviet memorabilia. I bought a badge featuring a character from my favorite Soviet Union childhood cartoon Nu Pogodi. The TV show features a wolf called Volk and he is always plotting to catch and eat a hare Zayats. The hare always outsmarts the wolf, the last scene has Volk crying out Nu Pogodi!! (just you wait). I think the other character on the badge is Mishka — the 1980 Moscow Olympic mascot.


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