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'''Logo:''' On an off-white background, we see a thick black line wipe onto the screen from the left side, going right. It begins vibrating horizontally as it continues moving, and then a gray ball comes from off-screen left and begins bouncing along it at a fast pace. It then falls off as the line stops moving. Then we cut to a large close-up of the ball from a bird's eye view as it falls down into the center and disappears. Two closely-spaced black rings then shoot out from the center of the screen, which is immediately followed by a black circle that fills the screen to create a black background. Then, a stone mask, which is of Chinese Taoist philosopher Guo Xiang and a three-pawed toad sitting on top of his head, fades in. Finally, "{{Font|Times|{{Font color|#CC7E31|'''ВИD'''}}}}" fades in and shines underneath in large bronze letters, which is Russian for "VID", although it uses a Latin "{{Font|Times|{{Font color|#CC7E31|'''D'''}}}}" rather than a Cyrillic "Д", resulting in the text looking like "{{Font|Times|{{Font color|#CC7E31|'''BND'''}}}}".

'''Editor's Note:''' Not only is this logo perhaps the most infamous Russian logo, but it has been deemed one of the scariest logos ever made by the logo community due to multiple aspects such as the mask of Guo Xiang, which has been deemed creepy and unfriendly-looking by many, the transition featuring the rings and black circle, and the dramatic 5-note fanfare. Variants such as the April Fools variant have also been viewed as scary, though they are also seen as slightly tamer than the original logo. In spite of its infamous reputation, this logo has developed a cult following, especially in Russia, and has been the subject of various memes and even a screamer known as "VID of Doom".