Putin turns 70, Lukashenko gives him a tractor

A tractor ‘made in Belarus’, “the same one I have”. The Belarusian president, Aleksander Lukashenko, did not turn up empty-handed by his ally Vladimir Putin, who turns 70 today. When he revealed the gift he had given to the Kremlin leader, however, he surprised all the reporters who had approached him upon his arrival at the informal summit of the leaders of the CSI (Community of Independent States) in St. Petersburg. “What did you bring him as a gift, if it’s not a secret?” Asked a reporter. “A tractor,” replied Lukashenko, who then went into detail. “The one I use, which is a Belarusian tractor. The best, hand made.” “With all the accessories?”, Continued the journalist in this surreal dialogue, which was reported by the Belarusian news agency Belta. “There are a million, you know. I will give him a seeder so we will sow wheat, maybe something else – replied Lukashenko – It is multipurpose. We will grow food, so that Duda, Morawiecki (Polish leaders, ed), Europe do not starve or steal bread from Ukraine, but take it to poor countries. “According to Belta, the Telegram channel ‘Pul Pervogo’ posted a photo showing a registration certificate for a tractor in the name of Vladimir Putin . This is a Belarus 1523.3 tractor. “To the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday”, the document reads.