Sunday 29 November 2015

DOBRYNIA. RUSSIAS GIFT TO FRANCE TO REPLACE DIESEL


Russia has shown its solidarity with the people of France in an unusual way - by donating a new puppy to carry on the memory of Diesel, the police dog killed by a suicide bomber on Wednesday.

The little puppy, called Dobrynia, has been sent to Paris by the Russian government to help 'in the fight against terrorism'.

It will be trained up to continue to vital work that Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd, was doing before she was killed in the raid on the apartment block in Saint-Denis, where Paris massacre mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was hiding out.

Diesel, a member of the SWAT team, was sent into the building to sniff out booby traps ahead of her human colleagues - and was caught up in the explosion after the first suicide bomber blew themselves up.

The force said that 'assault and explosives' search dogs are indispensable to the work of the French anti-terror unit known as RAID. 

Diesel's death at the hands of the terrorist sparked an outpouring of sympathy from around the world - and it seems even Vladimir Putin was touched by the tale.

He ordered the tiny puppy to be sent to France, to eventually join the team of officers who had so cherished Diesel.

And for extra luck, the puppy has been given the name of one of Russia's most legendary heroes - a man who personified 'strength, love, courage and self-sacrifice'.

Dobrynya was Vladimir the Great's maternal uncle and tutor, later transformed in Russian folklore into the invincible bogatyr (hero-knight) Dobrynya Nikitich.
The Russian Interior Ministry, which shared pictures of Dobrynia on the social network site, has written to France explaining the gift.


In the letter, Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said: 'I ask you to accept from Russian's police dog handlers this shepherd puppy, who will be able to take his place in the ranks of Diesel, your dog who died doing his duty.'

Source: The Daily Mail