Grigori the Octopus is a russian rival of a German octopus Paul. Living in Neptuno Oceanarium of St.Petersburg, Grigory the Octopus became famous in Russia for correctly `predicting` the winner of Russia vs Bulgaria international football match. Grigori the Octopus was named after notorious Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin who was famous in czarist Russia for his predictions.