President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a dog as a gift following the talks on the sidelines of the summit of heads of state of CIS countries in Sochi on Oct. 11, a special correspondent of APA reported from Sochi.
The dog is an Alabai, a Turkmen breed of the Central Asian Shepherd.
The Russian president expressed gratitude to his Turkmen counterpart for the gift.