Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlaskan man gifted new motorcycle by Vladimir Putin during Trump summitwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down18
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkAlaskan man gifted new motorcycle by Vladimir Putin during Trump summitwww.reuters.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·2 months agoRandom af… So reporters with Russian state media happened across this guy and commented on his old Soviet bike. The guy mentions he’s struggling to get parts because of the war, and Putin himself gifts him a new bike??
minus-squareThe Velour Fog @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 months agoYeah this don’t pass the sniff test. Definitely a plant.
minus-squareinb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoI mean, the guy worked for the Russian embassy stationed in Alaska. It’s not even a consisparcy that this was staged PR propaganda.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThe real test is if he still has the bike after the photo shoot.. As an employee of the Russian government, he is unlikely to complain.
Random af…
So reporters with Russian state media happened across this guy and commented on his old Soviet bike. The guy mentions he’s struggling to get parts because of the war, and Putin himself gifts him a new bike??
Yeah this don’t pass the sniff test. Definitely a plant.
I mean, the guy worked for the Russian embassy stationed in Alaska. It’s not even a consisparcy that this was staged PR propaganda.
The real test is if he still has the bike after the photo shoot.. As an employee of the Russian government, he is unlikely to complain.