MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken one of his dogs, a female Akita named Yume, to an interview with Japanese journalists in the Kremlin. “I was told that you ...

That gift was Yume, a female Akita Inu dog. In return, Putin sent a fluffy gray cat to Akita Prefecture in 2013. As Tokyo and Moscow are often at odds over various issues, including fisheries ...

the American Akita is used for hunting large black and brown/grizzly bears. American Akitas are sometimes used in a male and female team to help corner and hold the bears, but hunters ultimately ...

In 2012, Yume, a female Akita puppy, was brought to Putin from Japan by Akita Prefecture governor Norihisa Satake as a gift to show gratitude for Russia’s assistance after the 2011 earthquake ...