Russian Blue Standard

Category III	RUS	Russian Blue Standard
Head	Shape	short wedge, skull long and flat. In profile forehead and nose form a convex angle at the same level as the eyebrows
	Forehead	straight
	Nose	straight
	Whisker pads	prominent
	Chin	strong
Ears	Shape	large and rather pointed, wide at the base the skin of the ears is fine and transparent, the inside hardly covered with hair
	Placement	set vertically to the head
Eyes	Shape	large and almond in shape; set wide apart
	Colour	vivid green
Neck		long and straight
Body	Structure	long body, medium bone structure, but graceful in outline and carriage
Legs		fine and high
	Paws	small and oval
Tail		fairly long and tapering to a point
Coat	Structure	short, dense and very fine; standing up like plush; soft and silky double coat the texture and appearance of the coat is very different from those of any other breed
	Colour	blue-grey, even and clear, with a distinct silver sheen medium blue-grey with a silver sheen preferred
Nose leather		blue-grey
Paw pads		dark lavender
Faults	General	Oriental type
	Head	square head round head
	Eyes	round eyes yellowish tone in the eye colour
	Body	cobby or thick set
	Coat	flat lying coat tabby markings, bars or shading ("ghost markings") all other colours than blue

Russian Blue Standard scale of points

Scale of Points		Points
Total		100
Head	general shape, profile, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin, placement and shape of the ears	25
Eyes	shape and colour	10
Body	shape, size, bone structure, height of the legs and shape of the paws, tail and its length	30
Coat	colour	10
	quality and texture, length	20
Condition		5