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" Putin's dog gets a satellite collar
      
 
 1 hr 32 mins ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's black labrador 
dog, Koni, on Friday was given a collar that will allow her master to track 
her movements by satellite.

Putin interrupted a meeting of officials who were discussing the virtues of 
the Russia's new satellite global positioning system GLONASS to monitor 
cattle and wild animals.

"Can I use it for my dog?," he asked, according to the account of the meeting 
posted on the government website www.gov.ru

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a close friend of Putin, said the 
collar, which weighs 170 grams (6 ounces) and is equipped with transmitters, 
had been ready for Koni some time ago and now was the time to test it.

It was immediately slipped on the dog.

"She looks sad," Ivanov said. "Her free life is over."

"She is wagging her tail. That means she likes it," Putin said.

The government has promised to make GLONASS, initially designed for use by 
the Russian military, available for broad civilian public. But few gadgets 
employing it are as yet available in the market. "


(Writing by Oleg Shchedrov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_putin_dog




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