{"id":27805,"date":"2022-10-08T04:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=27805"},"modified":"2022-10-08T04:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T04:03:35","slug":"ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-gets-a-tractor-for-his-70th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=27805","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin gets a tractor for his 70th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BBC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was given him by his Belarusian ally, Alexander Lukashenko, whose country boasts a tractor works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Lukashenko confirmed the news as he visited his fellow strongman’s home city, St Petersburg, for talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Putin was hosting other leaders of ex-Soviet states as the war fanned by his invasion raged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with successful Ukrainian counter-attacks, he hinted at problems this week<\/a>, describing the situation in regions he recently annexed as “restive”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Lukashenko, Europe’s self-styled “last dictator” who has been in power even longer than the Russian leader (since 1994) and whose administration is also under Western sanctions, came to St Petersburg with a gift certificate for the Belarusian-made vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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