Good questions. This is apparently the same animal (http://www.diena.lv/upload/article/0062/611901/232610_BIG.jpg), but I don't speak Russian, so my best guess is that it's probably a "Енотовидная собака"
Hmm, digging around the internet turns up a Siberian raccoon dog...apparently there's some debate as to whether they're the same species as the Japanese tanuki, which differs somewhat from the other types of raccoon dogs.
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