Putin's Akita dog Yume, gifted in 2012 by Japan, died last year of old age

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin's Akita dog Yume, gifted by the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita in 2012, died of old age last year, Russia's presidential office said recently.

"We are sad to inform you that Yume died in 2025 due to old age," the presidential office said in response to a question by Kyodo News, without elaborating on details such as the date of the dog's death. Yume would have turned 14 in April this year.