I don't believe this for a minute. Like you said, he just wants to do business in Russia, where criminals rule. Putin is playing this guy for a fool--it tells you what he thinks of Americans. American businessmen are whores, and we all know what happens to whores. They get f----d. Putin must have had doubts, and with one swipe of a ring he erased them.
You guys are paranoid.
Could be worst Raiders could win Super Bowl AL Davis could give SUper bowl ring to Vlad
This one is easy: These bums deserve to stiff each other.
Who (in my little universe) cares?