Vladimir Putin gets a tractor for his 70th birthday
Mr Putin was given a certificate to say he had been presented with a Belarusian tractorA tractor is one of the odder gifts for Vladimir Putin, as Russia's president, a pariah in the West since his invasion of Ukraine, turns 70.Mr Lukashenko confirmed the news as he visited his fellow strongman's home city, St Petersburg, for talks.Faced with successful Ukrainian counter-attacks,, describing the situation in regions he recently annexed as "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 and whose administration is also under Western sanctions, came to St Petersburg with a gift certificate for the Belarusian-made vehicle.The Minsk Tractor Works is the flagship of Belarusian industry.
It was not immediately clear how Mr Putin responded to the big-wheeled gift, which had to compete with mountains of melons and watermelons from Tajikistan's President, Emomali Rahmon.
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