diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index c2575bc92..f334b7833 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ from .sky import (
 from .slideshare import SlideshareIE
 from .slideslive import SlidesLiveIE
 from .slutload import SlutloadIE
+from .smotrim import SmotrimIE
 from .snotr import SnotrIE
 from .sohu import SohuIE
 from .sonyliv import (
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/smotrim.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/smotrim.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3f1b695b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/smotrim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
+
+
+class SmotrimIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://smotrim\.ru/(?P<type>brand|video|article|live)/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{  # video
+        'url': 'https://smotrim.ru/video/1539617',
+        'md5': 'b1923a533c8cab09679789d720d0b1c5',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1539617',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Полиглот. Китайский с нуля за 16 часов! Урок №16',
+            'description': '',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['RUTV'],
+    }, {  # article (geo-restricted? plays fine from the US and JP)
+        'url': 'https://smotrim.ru/article/2813445',
+        'md5': 'e0ac453952afbc6a2742e850b4dc8e77',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2431846',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Новости культуры. Съёмки первой программы "Большие и маленькие"',
+            'description': 'md5:94a4a22472da4252bf5587a4ee441b99',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['RUTV'],
+    }, {  # brand, redirect
+        'url': 'https://smotrim.ru/brand/64356',
+        'md5': '740472999ccff81d7f6df79cecd91c18',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2354523',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Большие и маленькие. Лучшее. 4-й выпуск',
+            'description': 'md5:84089e834429008371ea41ea3507b989',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['RUTV'],
+    }, {  # live
+        'url': 'https://smotrim.ru/live/19201',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '19201',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            # this looks like a TV channel name
+            'title': 'Россия Культура. Прямой эфир',
+            'description': '',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['RUTV'],
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id, typ = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id', 'type')
+        rutv_type = 'video'
+        if typ not in ('video', 'live'):
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, f'Resolving {typ} link')
+            # there are two cases matching regex:
+            # 1. "embedUrl" in JSON LD (/brand/)
+            # 2. "src" attribute from iframe (/article/)
+            video_id = self._search_regex(
+                r'"https://player.smotrim.ru/iframe/video/id/(?P<video_id>\d+)/',
+                webpage, 'video_id', default=None)
+            if not video_id:
+                raise ExtractorError('There are no video in this page.', expected=True)
+        elif typ == 'live':
+            rutv_type = 'live'
+
+        return self.url_result(f'https://player.vgtrk.com/iframe/{rutv_type}/id/{video_id}')