Russia President Putin gives interview to Nippon TV and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper Published December 15, 2016 at 2861 × 1784 in Russia President Putin gives interview to Nippon TV and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper Russia’s President Vladimir Putin with his Akita Yume at the Kremlin. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin/TASS via Getty Images) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin with his Akita dog named Yume at the Kremlin. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin/TASS via Getty Images)