According to Russian tradition, a cat can bring the owners luck if it is the first to walk through the front door of a new house or flat.
A Russian bank is offering customers the ultimate fluffy extra with their mortgage – the free loan of a cat to bring good luck to their new home.
Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, is aiming to beat its competitors by a whisker by offering 30 mortgage holders the choice of 10 different cats, ranging from hairless Sphynx cat Kuzya to Siamese Iriska as well as several moggies of indeterminate origin.
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