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Russia gives France puppy to honour police dog killed in aftermath of Paris attacks

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.

The move 'a gesture from the heart', says French ambassador

An officer holds Dobrynya, a puppy sent by Russian police to France to replace a service dog that died in a special operation held in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. (Pavel Golovkin/The Associated Press)

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 honoured 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."