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From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 7, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 7, 2015
Russia shows France puppy love after dog killed in terror raid
Russian police have handed over a puppy to the French ambassador in Moscow to replace a French police dog killed in a raid, a show of solidarity with France in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.
Diesel, the 7-year-old Belgian shepherd killed in a French police raid targeting the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks in November, has been honored all over the world.
On Monday, Russia’s Interior Ministry gave the German shepherd puppy named Dobrynya after a Russian fairy-tale knight to French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert.
Ripert praised the gift as “a gesture that comes from the heart,” adding that “it shows the relations between Russia and France quite well.”
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A Russian police officer holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, as a French police officer smiles before presenting the puppy to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, December 7, 2015. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
French Ambassador in Russia, Jean Maurice Ripert, holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, as his wife, Yael, and Russian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Igor Zubov, left, smile during a presentation ceremony of the puppy to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, December 7, 2015. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
A Russian police officer holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, before presenting it to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, December 7, 2015. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
A Russian police officer holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, as a French police officer smiles before presenting the puppy to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, December 7, 2015. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
— Agencies
