The reason is that the law about a cruel treatment with the animals has not been accepted in RF. It was taken off from the voting in Russian Parliament by the President of RF V. Putin in 2008. Russia entered the European Council in 1996 without signing the European Convention on animals. [flash=450,330,http://static.video.yandex.ru/lite/irinafontaine/fypfkpwalw.2727]