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This story is nearly half a century old. In 1974, at the Vnukovo airport, the owner of Alma couldn’t persuade the staff to require the dog onboard without a certificate. Thanks to eye damage, the Eastern European sheepdog didn’t pass vet control.
She still didn’t trust people, hiding at the slightest danger, and still saw off every plane. This went on for 2 years until the pilot saw the dog running after the plane from the cockpit of the plane. Vyacheslav Valentey contacted the dispatcher, with an invitation to get rid of the dog from the runway, for her safety.
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Vyacheslav Alexandrovich went through the war, was a prisoner of Dachau and therefore the camps — he knew what grief was and saw it within the dog’s eyes.
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This story inspired the creators of two films. “On a leash at the runway” was released back in 1988, and in March of this year, the premiere of the Russian film “Palm” happened .