VLADIMIR PUTIN GETS A TRACTOR FOR HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY

  • 08/10/2022

One of the stranger birthday presents for Vladimir Putin, who has been shunned by the West since his invasion of Ukraine, is a tractor.

It was given to him by Alexander Lukashenko, a friend from Belarus and owner of a tractor factory.

While speaking with people in St. Petersburg, the hometown of another strongman, Mr. Lukashenko, he confirmed the news.

As the conflict he sparked by invading continued to rage, Mr. Putin was hosting other leaders of former Soviet states.

He made a hint this week that there might be issues after successful Ukrainian counterattacks, calling the atmosphere in the recently annexed regions "restive."

But on Friday, his allies lavished praise and gifts on the man who has led Russia, whether as president or prime minister, for more than two decades.

Mr Lukashenko, Europe's self-styled "last dictator" who has been in power even longer than the Russian leader (since 1994) and whose administration is also under Western sanctions, came to St Petersburg with a gift certificate for the Belarusian-made vehicle.

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