Putin's pet dog who he used to intimidate nervous political rival and journalist threat

The only person that could ever bark orders at Vladimir Putin was his beloved dog Koni.

The Russian President as owned multiple dogs, a goat and even tigers - but his most treasured was his black Labrador Retriever, whose full name was Connie Leod Paulgrave.

Trained to be a search and rescue dog, Koni was born at a cynology centre a the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Noginsk in 1999.