Overview

• Russian embassy official Andrei Ledenev handed Mark Warren the keys in the parking lot of the delegation’s Anchorage hotel and described it as a personal gift from President Putin.
• Channel 1 reporters had met Warren earlier in Anchorage, where he said he struggled to get spare parts for his older Ural and agreed that a resolution by Putin and President Trump would be good.
• Footage aired by Russian state media shows Warren riding the new sidecar motorcycle and praising it, while Reuters reported it could not reach him for comment afterward.
• Russian broadcasters used the segment to highlight Western sanctions and present the gesture as goodwill, with narration referencing Alaska’s historical ties to Russia.
• Ural says it pulled production out of Russia in 2022, is headquartered in Washington State, and currently assembles motorcycles in Kazakhstan.