Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAlaskan man gifted new motorcycle by Vladimir Putin during Trump summitwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down18
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minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·2 days 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-squareinb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 days 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 days 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.
minus-squareThe Velour Fog @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 days agoYeah this don’t pass the sniff test. Definitely a plant.
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??
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.
Yeah this don’t pass the sniff test. Definitely a plant.