) Three quarters of Russians (73%) have at least one four-legged friend at home. A study conducted by Sberbank subsidiary Sberbank insurance showed that more Russian households own cats than dogs - 55% of pet parents share their home with a cat, compared to 37% with dogs. Cats are most popular in Samara, Yaroslavl, Saint Petersburg, Ulyanovsk, and Izhevsk, while dogs are in favor in Khabarovsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, and Irkutsk. Cats are the most prevalent pets in Russia, according to the survey of 75 cities with a population of over 500,000. Over-half of people who own pets have cats. A third of the respondents have dogs, with Russians choosing other pets (aquarium fish,...
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