MOSCOW, December 2. /TASS/. Residents of the capital will choose a name for a panda cub born in the Moscow Zoo, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

"And today the baby (panda - TASS) turns 100 days old. And it's time to give it a name. Together with Chinese specialists we have picked several options," the Moscow mayor said on his blog.

There are 10 names for citizens to choose from: Katyusha (a popular Russian name in China), Xiao Mo (Little Mo, short for Moscow), Mo Mo (also short for Moscow), Masha (one of the most popular Russian names in China), Jing Ding (Capital City), Xiao Ula (Little Hooray, a word the Chinese associate with Russia), Ai Min (Love for People), Bai Hua (White Birch), Hong Xing (Red Star), Zhenzhu (Pearl). Muscovites are invited to choose an option they like and vote for it on the mayor’s portal.

Sobyanin also pointed out that the birth of a panda cub in Moscow is a very nice and unique event, as it is the first time a panda has been born in Russia.

Two big pandas - a male named Ru Yi and a female named Ding Ding - were delivered to Moscow on April 29, 2019. At the end of August 2023, Sobyanin announced that Russia's first big panda cub had been born at the Moscow Zoo.