Russia gives France puppy to honour police dog killed in aftermath of Paris attacks

Russian police have handed over a puppy to the French ambassador in Moscow to replace a French police dog killed in a raid, a show of solidarity with France in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.

Diesel, the 7-year-old Belgian shepherd killed in a French police raid targeting the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks in November, has been honoured all over the world.

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On Monday, Russia's Interior Ministry gave the German shepherd puppy, named Dobrynya after a Russian fairy-tale knight, to French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert.

Ripert praised the gift as "a gesture that comes from the heart," adding that "it shows the relations between Russia and France quite well."