Overview
- Footage shows Russian embassy employee Andrei Ledenev handing Mark Warren keys in the car park of the Anchorage hotel where the Russian delegation stayed.
- Ledenev described the motorcycle as a personal gift from President Vladimir Putin, and Warren was filmed taking a brief ride after receiving it.
- Reuters reported it could not reach Warren for comment, noting that independent verification of the exchange remains limited.
- Warren told Channel 1 reporter Valentin Bogdanov he has struggled to obtain spare parts and said a resolution between Putin and Trump would be good.
- Ural says its motorcycles are now assembled in Kazakhstan and that it pulled production from Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.