Motorcycle Diplomacy: Putin Gifts $22k Ural Bike to Alaska Man Who Went Viral for His Russian Wheels

"You've Got To Be Joking": Putin Surprises Alaska Man With Rs 19 Lakh Bike

Mark Warren, a retired fire inspector for the Municipality of Anchorage, was presented with a brand-new olive-green Ural Gear Up motorcycle with a sidecar.

Russia Gifts Alaska Man $22,000 Motorcycle After Trump-Putin Summit

A Ural Gear-Up motorcycle with a sidecar. Credit: dave_7 / CC BY 2.0 During last week’s summit in Anchorage between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, an Alaska man received an unexpected gift from the Russian government — a new motorcycle. Mark Warren, a retired fire inspector for the Municipality of Anchorage, received a Ural Gear Up motorcycle with a sidecar from Putin’s delegation. The gift followed a television …

Putin surprises Alaskan with motorcycle gift

Vladimir Putin gave an Alaska man a new motorcycle after he became a viral sensation in Russian state media when he complained that the Ukraine war was making it more expensive to repair the Soviet-era bike he was a driving. Mark Warren, of Anchorage, said he was handed the keys to the spanking new Ural motorbike in a motel parking lot by a Russian embassy staffer last week after Putin's high-stakes meeting with President Trump. "I have to say t…

Motorcycle diplomacy: Putin gifts $22k Ural bike to Alaska man who went viral for his Russian wheels

“It went viral, it went crazy, and I have no idea why, because I’m really just a super-duper normal guy,” Mark Warren said. “They just interviewed some old guy on a Ural.”

Alaska Man Gifted $22,000 Motorcycle by Russian Government After Viral Interview

Putin Gave This Alaskan Man A $22,000 Piece Of Propaganda

Sanctions against Russia had made it difficult to this motorcycle enthusiast to maintain his ride. Russian journalists spotted him riding, sparking viral attention across Russian media outlets. At the request of Vladimir Putin, Russia flew over a new Ural motorcycle and sidecar to Alaska. For Alaskan resident Mark Warren, a casual trip to Anchorage to run errands on his Russian-made Ural motorcycle led to him going viral in Russia and being rand…