Putin jokes as his Japanese pet barks at Japanese journalists: Yume is no-nonsense dog!

Credit to RT Journalists from Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, who went to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec. 12 in Moscow, were greeted by a surprise guest. Yume, an Akita breed dog that was gifted to Putin in 2012 by the Japanese government, was present in the room. When a few journalists said they were scared of the dog, Putin replied that Yume was a “no-nonsense” dog. “I was told that you wanted to see my dog