Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally gifted” Ural was reportedly appreciated by a “random” man when he was on August 15 at Alaska to participate in the summit with US President Donald Trump, where an agreement on Russia-Ukraine war cannot be achieved.
According to Andrei Ledevov, an advisor to the Russian embassy in Washington, who gave the keys to the stunned Mark Warren before the state television cameras: “It’s a personal gift from the Russian president.”
Warren, who owns the Soviet Ural era, said the sanctions were increasingly expensive to repair their motorcycle, while spare parts are now very difficult to obtain.
The Russian media claimed that a gift as a symbol of Moscow goodwill, while Warren called the new Ural “Night and Day” compared to his old motorcycle. He made a test ride with the January behind him and another diplomat in the side car.
“No reason they should give me a bike”
“I thought it was a scam because he didn’t know me. I don’t know them. There were two gentlemen who stopped me and identified myself as Russian journalists, and wondered why I had a round. From the Russian embassy,” Warren said.
He added, “There is no reason why they could have… they should give me a bike. I did nothing for them or for them, and I don’t know anyone. So yeah, it’s so astronomically random that it was hard for me to understand why it would happen. I don’t really know why.”
Named along the Ural Mountains, which span Western Russia from north to south, the Ural motorbikes came from Irbit in Russia, where the first factory was established in 1941. Since August 2022, motorcycles were collected in the Petropavlovsk region in Kazakhstan.
Netizens React
One of the users said, “You never see how greenish do it”. Another questioned, “Was it one of his military rounds?” “One of the biggest presidents alive! President Putin is an amazing man,” said the third. “I wouldn’t accept it”, “a nice gift, I really want one of those Urals, they look great. Congratulations!” More comments were made.
“We see how personally the efforts of administration and President Trump are trying to help easier to solve the Ukrainian conflict and his efforts to get to the core of this matter, understand this history, is rare. The situation in Ukraine represents the basic threat to our security. It happens, and what is happening and everything that is happening and everything that is happening and everything that is happening to us.
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