diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
index 6e7d6c1ff..3d663e9c2 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
@@ -114,7 +114,15 @@ export default {
 
     getData: function(url, oembedLinks, oembedUtils, options, cb) {
 
-        var href = oembedLinks[0].href;
+        const weights = {
+            'application/json+oembed': -1,
+            'text/xml+oembed': 1
+        }
+
+        var href = oembedLinks.sort( 
+                // Prefer JSON
+                (a,b) => a.type && b.type && (weights[a.type.toLowerCase()] - weights[b.type.toLowerCase()]) || 0
+            )[0].href;
 
         var skip = CONFIG.SKIP_OEMBED_RE_LIST 
                 && CONFIG.SKIP_OEMBED_RE_LIST.some(re => re.test(href)), 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
index 6e1ebf861..ab7ba055a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
@@ -379,8 +379,10 @@ function xmlStream2oembed(stream, callback) {
         } else {
             if (prop) {
 
-                if (charset !== 'UTF-8') {
-                    // Decode only non UTF-8 because sax makes decoding.
+                if (charset /* !== 'UTF-8' */) { // previouly - Decode only non UTF-8 because sax makes decoding.
+                                                 // UTF-8 is not decoded by default in July 2026
+                                                 // Ex.: https://rutube.ru/video/bf4825090681c5c25312534bab3c7f62/
+                    
                     var oldValue = value;
                     value = encodeText(charset, value);
                     // log('      -- decode oembed xml (charset, in, out):', charset, oldValue, value);