Moscow: Russia will issue 250,000 stamps depicting the wolf —Zabivaka, as a mascot for the 2018 football World Cup, the press office of the federal postal operator Post Office of Russia has said.

"A postal bloc depicting the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will be released into postal circulation on February 7. The 102x71mm postal bloc containing a 30x42mm stamp at a par value of 100 rubles and issued with a circulation of 250,000 copies will be offered for sale at branches of the Post Office of Russia," the press office told Tass news agency on Monday.