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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Russian President seizes Super Bowl Ring

It seems that Russian leaders find it hard to break old habits...

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft ... showed [Russian President] Putin the diamond-studded ring he got for the last Super Bowl win during a meeting of American businessmen. Then Putin left the room with the ring. A Kremlin official calls it a gift... [AP]
I suppose it's not quite the same as walking off with Eastern Europe as a gift. But if Vlad really wants to revive the Cold War with America, all he has to do is mess with the NFL.