A puppy for Putin – but for dogs in Turkmenistan it's open slaughter
by Elle Hunt from World news | The Guardian on (#35JWS)
Berdymukhamedov's presentation of a puppy to Vladimir Putin is ironic, given the bloodbath of stray dogs and cats over which he has presided in Ashgabat
The Turkmenistan president's present to his Russian counterpart last week suggested a twist on the oft-quoted saying: if you want a friend in politics, give them a dog.
At a much-documented meeting in Sochi, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov gave Vladimir Putin a Central Asian shepherd puppy for the Russian president's 65th birthday (and perhaps to see if Putin might not feel like resurrecting Turkmen natural gas exports).
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