When Putin got his Labrador in a meeting with dog-phobic Merkel

January 11, 2016 18:07

Vladimir Putin has said he didn't intend to scare German Chancellor Angela Merkel when he brought his black Labrador Konni to one of their first ever meetings.Merkel, who is famously terrified of dogs, kept quiet over the 2007 incident but it was widely believed that Putin had been attempting to intimidate and embarrass the German leader.

Less than two years in the job at the time, Merkel was photographed looking uncomfortable throughout her meeting with Putin as the large black Labrador wandered around the meeting room at the Russian leader's summer residence in the Russian city of Sochi. Read more

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