diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index c3dc09f75..143cd5c49 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ from .ruhd import RUHDIE
 from .rutube import (
     RutubeIE,
     RutubeChannelIE,
+    RutubeEmbedIE,
     RutubeMovieIE,
     RutubePersonIE,
 )
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
index b72b5a586..5b1c3577a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py
@@ -70,6 +70,37 @@ class RutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
 
+class RutubeEmbedIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'rutube:embed'
+    IE_DESC = 'Rutube embedded videos'
+    _VALID_URL = 'https?://rutube\.ru/video/embed/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://rutube.ru/video/embed/6722881?vk_puid37=&vk_puid38=',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'a10e53b86e8f349080f718582ce4c661',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'upload_date': '20131223',
+            'uploader_id': '297833',
+            'description': 'Видео группы ★http://vk.com/foxkidsreset★ музей Fox Kids и Jetix<br/><br/> восстановлено и сделано в шикоформате subziro89 http://vk.com/subziro89',
+            'uploader': 'subziro89 ILya',
+            'title': 'Мистический городок Эйри в Индиан 5 серия озвучка subziro89',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': 'Requires ffmpeg',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        embed_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, embed_id)
+
+        canonical_url = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<link\s+rel="canonical"\s+href="([^"]+?)"', webpage,
+            'Canonical URL')
+        return self.url_result(canonical_url, 'Rutube')
+
+
 class RutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'rutube:channel'
     IE_DESC = 'Rutube channels'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
index 542e9198a..129de6cf3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ class VKIE(InfoExtractor):
             self.to_screen('Youtube video detected')
             return self.url_result(m_yt.group(1), 'Youtube')
 
+        m_rutube = re.search(
+            r'\ssrc="((?:https?:)?//rutube\.ru\\?/video\\?/embed(?:.*?))\\?"', info_page)
+        assert m_rutube
+        if m_rutube is not None:
+            self.to_screen('rutube video detected')
+            rutube_url = self._proto_relative_url(
+                m_rutube.group(1).replace('\\', ''))
+            return self.url_result(rutube_url)
+
         m_opts = re.search(r'(?s)var\s+opts\s*=\s*({.*?});', info_page)
         if m_opts:
             m_opts_url = re.search(r"url\s*:\s*'([^']+)", m_opts.group(1))