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Vladimir Putin’s Dog now GPS enabled

Oct 22, 2008 gps navigation, misc news

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has lost his black lab Connie for the last time. Connie was recently fitted with a collar that is hooked into Glonass (global navigation satellite system) which is the Russian equivalent of our GPS system. Deputy First Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov was in charge of the project and he informed Prime Minister Putin that the collar is fully operational and ready to be fitted for Connie immediately. The collar weighs in at 170 grams and plans to outfit Russia’s search and rescue dogs with the device in the upcoming months. No word on when the collar will be available for the masses and as of right now the only functional model is the one outfitted for Connie. We guess being the Prime Minister of Russia does have its perks.