Russia has gifted France a new puppy to replace Diesel,
the seven-year-old police dog who was killed during a raid linked to
the Paris terror attacks.
Igor Zubov, a Russian
deputy interior minister, handed the male German shepherd puppy named
Dobrynya to French ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert at a ceremony at the
French Embassy in Moscow on Monday Dec 07,2015
“The puppy you
are giving us will replace Diesel and proves your friendship,” said
Ripert said at the event also attended by Russian and French soldiers.
“They are waiting for this puppy in Paris,” he said.
Russia’s gift dog Dobrynya is named after a folklore hero, and is
intended as a “symbol of the unity of our nations in implacable fight
against terrorism,” Zubov said.
“In Russia, dogs who serve police are loved not only by the police but also by ordinary citizens,” he said.
Dobrynya must remain in quarantine for up to three months before leaving for Paris.
Diesel, a female Belgian shepherd, was killed during a police raid on
an apartment in a northern suburb of Paris on November 18, five days
after 130 people were killed in multiple terror attacks in Paris,
claimed by Islamic State.
Two terrorists died in the
raid that killed Diesel, including the suspected ringleader of the
Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, and a relative, Hasna Ait Boulahcen.
French Ambassador to Russia, Jean Maurice Ripert, holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, as his wife Yael pets the puppy during a ceremony presenting the puppy to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia
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