+        {
+            'url': 'http://vk.com/video205387401_165548505',
+            'md5': '6c0aeb2e90396ba97035b9cbde548700',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '165548505',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'uploader': 'Tom Cruise',
+                'title': 'No name',
+                'duration': 9,
+                'upload_date': '20130721'
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            'note': 'Embedded video',
+            'url': 'http://vk.com/video_ext.php?oid=32194266&id=162925554&hash=7d8c2e0d5e05aeaa&hd=1',
+            'md5': 'c7ce8f1f87bec05b3de07fdeafe21a0a',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '162925554',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'uploader': 'Vladimir Gavrin',
+                'title': 'Lin Dan',
+                'duration': 101,
+                'upload_date': '20120730',
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            # VIDEO NOW REMOVED
+            # please update if you find a video whose URL follows the same pattern
+            'url': 'http://vk.com/video-8871596_164049491',
+            'md5': 'a590bcaf3d543576c9bd162812387666',
+            'note': 'Only available for registered users',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '164049491',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'uploader': 'Триллеры',
+                'title': '► Бойцовский клуб / Fight Club 1999 [HD 720]',
+                'duration': 8352,
+                'upload_date': '20121218'
+            },
+            'skip': 'Requires vk account credentials',
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://vk.com/hd_kino_mania?z=video-43215063_168067957%2F15c66b9b533119788d',
+            'md5': '4d7a5ef8cf114dfa09577e57b2993202',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '168067957',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'uploader': 'Киномания - лучшее из мира кино',
+                'title': ' ',
+                'duration': 7291,
+                'upload_date': '20140328',
+            },
+            'skip': 'Requires vk account credentials',
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://m.vk.com/video-43215063_169084319?list=125c627d1aa1cebb83&from=wall-43215063_2566540',
+            'md5': '0c45586baa71b7cb1d0784ee3f4e00a6',
+            'note': 'ivi.ru embed',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '60690',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Книга Илая',
+                'duration': 6771,
+                'upload_date': '20140626',
+            },
+            'skip': 'Only works from Russia',
+        },
+        {
+            # removed video, just testing that we match the pattern
+            'url': 'http://vk.com/feed?z=video-43215063_166094326%2Fbb50cacd3177146d7a',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _login(self):
+        (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
+        if username is None:
+            return
+
+        login_form = {
+            'act': 'login',
+            'role': 'al_frame',
+            'expire': '1',
+            'email': username,
+            'pass': password,
+        }
+
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://login.vk.com/?act=login',
+                                                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+        login_page = self._download_webpage(request, None, note='Logging in as %s' % username)
+
+        if re.search(r'onLoginFailed', login_page):
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to login, incorrect username and/or password', expected=True)
+
+    def _real_initialize(self):
+        self._login()