The animated series Nu, Pogodi! centers on a hapless wolf’s constant pursuit of a quick-witted rabbit, whom he is never successful in capturing. Appearing as a Soviet answer to popular American cartoons such as Looney Tunes, it feels like an assertion that the nation was capable of producing similar entertainment. The wolf's repeated exclamation of annoyance, "Nu, pogodi!"—meaning “Well, just you wait!”—serves as the…