Daily Archives: June 17, 2013

Putin denies stealing Patriots Super Bowl ring and says it’s in the Kremlin museum with all other ‘state gifts’

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The Russian President is fighting back against recently-revealed claims that he stole a Super Bowl ring from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

On Sunday, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the $25,000 Super Bowl XXXIX ring was clearly offered by Kraft as a gift.

It is currently housed in the Kremlin’s museum, along with all over state gifts, he added.

Kraft turned the 2005 incident into international news on Thursday when he publicly claimed that Putin pocketed his ring after asking to examine it. Kraft said he was asked by American government officials to later say it was a gift to save international embarrassment.

Peskov told CNN that he doesn’t know why Kraft, a billionaire business magnate, is making the allegations against Putin.

‘What Mr. Kraft is saying now is weird. I was standing 20 centimeters away from him and Mr. Putin and saw and heard how Mr. Kraft gave this ring as a gift,’ he told the network.

That’s not the way Kraft told the story Thursday night in front of a packed crowd at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence gala in New York, the New York Post reports.

 

PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN CONGRATULATED THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA XI JINPING ON HIS 60TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

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ՍԵՐԺ ՍԱՐԳՍՅԱՆPresident Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on his 60th birth anniversary.

“Armenia attaches great importance to the traditionally friendly relations with China, steady and consistent strengthening and deepening of the close cooperation in different areas, which emanates from the vital interests of our two peoples and countries.

I am hopeful that in the nearest future we will have the opportunity to personally discuss issues related to the deepening of the Armenian-Chinese interstate relations and cooperation in the international area in order to further elevate their level.

I wish you excellent health, happiness and new success in your work for the benefit of the friendly people of China,” the congratulatory message of the President of Armenia reads.