Putin gave a motorcyclist from Alaska a new Ural

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a new Ural motorcycle to Mark Warren, a motorcyclist from Alaska. This was announced on August 17 by the head of the VGTRK bureau in the USA, Valentin Bogdanov, in his report on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

According to him, Warren was traveling around Anchorage on the Ural, but due to the anti-Russian sanctions, he began to have problems buying spare parts.

It is specified that the gift was given to the motorcyclist through Russian diplomats. According to Alexei Ledenev, Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in the United States, this motorcycle was a personal gift from Putin.

Warren himself called the Ural a "simply magnificent" vehicle.

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