RUSSIA: Police in southern Russia are investigating the latest suspected contract killing to rock the bloody and lucrative world of caviar smuggling - the death of fish-sniffing marvel Rusik the cat.

Ronald F. Rusik Amsterdam - Mr. Ronald F. Rusik, 84, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at Ellis Hospital with his family by his side. Born on March 2, 1941 he was the son of the late ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s only “sniffer cat,” hailed for its success in the campaign against the cut-throat and lucrative world of caviar smuggling, has been run over and killed in what is suspected of being ...

Russia's crime-fighting cat which was helping stamp out the smuggling of sturgeon and salmon from the Caspian Sea has reportedly been run over and killed, perhaps the victim of a contract killing.

Russian police battling fish smugglers have deployed a cat named Rusik to sniff out contraband, including Caspian Sea sturgeon which produce Russia's world famous caviar. A police control post in the ...

A new detective is on the beat in central Russia - Rusik the cat - the latest weapon in the battle against sturgeon smugglers. Rusik has been recruited by police at a checkpoint in the Stavropol ...