The Russian Public Opinion Research Center on November 13-14 asked 1,600 Russians to choose the best idea for the mascot.
The Russian Public Opinion Research Center on November 13-14 asked 1,600 Russians to choose the best idea for the mascot. The most respondents, 17 percent, voted for cub bear Misha, reminiscent of Misha the Bear, the mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
The outsider of the competition, according to the official poll, is a fluffy blue frog named Zoich - a total of 36 percent said they would never vote for such mascot. However, the open public rating on the website where the ideas are submitted shows that the fluffy frog enjoys the biggest popularity.
Next were a couple of little tigers - 14 percent voted for them.
The mascot "should encompass a range of features characteristic of Russia, and at the same time be intelligible to people of every age, profession and nationality," organizers of the competition said earlier. Picture: Olympic Hare
A special commission will choose the best ideas, which then will be improved and developed by professional painters. Picture: Olympic Hedgehog Yunik.
An online poll, to be held on February 7, 2011, will determine the Olympic mascot. Picture: Olympic Matryoshka
