diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 3e2133f5c0..5c096542b2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@
 from .sztvhu import SztvHuIE
 from .tagesschau import TagesschauIE
 from .tapely import TapelyIE
+from .tass import TassIE
 from .teachertube import (
     TeacherTubeIE,
     TeacherTubeUserIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tass.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4ef70778b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    js_to_json,
+    qualities,
+)
+
+
+class TassIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:tass\.ru|itar-tass\.com)/[^/]+/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://tass.ru/obschestvo/1586870',
+            'md5': '3b4cdd011bc59174596b6145cda474a4',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '1586870',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Посетителям московского зоопарка показали красную панду',
+                'description': 'Приехавшую из Дублина Зейну можно увидеть в павильоне "Кошки тропиков"',
+                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1600009',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        sources = json.loads(js_to_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)sources\s*:\s*(\[.+?\])', webpage, 'sources')))
+
+        quality = qualities(['sd', 'hd'])
+
+        formats = []
+        for source in sources:
+            video_url = source.get('file')
+            if not video_url or not video_url.startswith('http') or not video_url.endswith('.mp4'):
+                continue
+            label = source.get('label')
+            formats.append({
+                'url': video_url,
+                'format_id': label,
+                'quality': quality(label),
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'formats': formats,
+        }