Kiev Man Finds Dog That 'Looks Like Putin' (Photo) | News | The Moscow Times
kremlin.ru / obozrezatel.comPutin's official Kremlin photo, right, and the dog that some say resembles Putin.
A man in Ukraine has found a canine whose piercing gaze is strangely reminiscent of President Vladimir Putin's.
The dog, found in central Kiev and first reported by the website Obozrevatel.com, is thought to be a mix between a Staffordshire terrier and a German shepherd.
The canine even appears dressed to be a head of state, with white markings on its chest seemingly forming a furry tie.
Further details about the dog — and the man who found it — were not immediately available.
Internet commentators were quick to joke about the dog, saying that Putin looks more like the dog than the dog looks like Putin and making references to Mikhail Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog," in which a dog turns into a man.
Other Internet users were also amused by the dog photo. A Russian blogger on LiveJournal cautioned, "Just don't make this dog angry," while other people expressed fears — albeit half-jokingly — that the dog's owner might have already been arrested.Putin, whose press service had no immediate comment about the photo, would perhaps like meeting his doppelganger dog, as the president is an avid dog-lover and owns several of his own.
Little is known about this dog, whose photo was first published by the website oborezatel.com.