Mark whinged about the war, so Putin gifted him a new motorbike
An employee of the Russian embassy in the United States handed the man, Mark Warren, the keys to his new Ural motorcycle in the parking lot of the Anchorage hotel where the Russian delegation was staying.
'I have to say that this is a personal gift from the president of the Russian Federation,' Andrei Ledenev, the
embassy employee, told Warren.
The white-haired, bespectacled Warren, who Reuters was unable to contact for comment, was shown hopping aboard his new bike, Ledenev behind him and another man in the sidecar, to take it for a spin.
'It's night and day,' Warren said on Russian state television Channel 1. 'I like my old one, but this one is obviously much better.'
'I'm speechless, it's amazing. Thank you very much.'
The unexpected gift from the Russian leader came after reporters with Channel 1 met Warren by chance on the streets of Anchorage ahead of the summit.
The reporters stopped to admire Warren's bike, which is manufactured by Ural, whose original factory was founded in 1941 in what was then Soviet Russia.
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