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MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin has named his new dog Buffy, but there was no sign Thursday that the Bulgarian shepherd had any vampire-slaying tricks.
In fact, Putin said the dog “can’t do a thing” in comments carried by Russian news agencies. But Buffy, a cute caramel-and-white puppy, contradicted Putin, obediently sitting on his command.
A 5-year-old boy won a competition to find a name for the dog, which Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov gave to Putin in Sofia last month.
