According to government data released on Feb. 23, the president of Russia and the former leader of Afghanistan were among the top donors of gifts to President Joseph Biden and his family in 2021.
President Putin presented Biden with a $12,000 lacquer writing box and pen when they met for a much-anticipated exchange in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2021.
Relations between the United States and Russia turned sour shortly after the Geneva meeting and have plummeted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February.
Biden gifted Putin a pair of custom aviator sunglasses manufactured by Randolph Engineering, a Boston-based sunglasses brand. The company posted on its website about the president gifting the glasses….