American reporter recieved bottle of vodka as a gift at the US-Russia summit in Alaska from Russian collegues

American journalists who were present at the recent Russia-US summit in Alaska were given a bottle of vodka as a gift by their Russian counterparts after a rare professional incident.

According to Russian media reports, a journalist encountered some difficulties with his equipment while covering the summit in Alaska. He proceeded to rent some equipment from the American team present at the location. The story was told by Brian Glenn, an American reporter who spoke to the Russian news site Life.ru.   

Later, the journalist presented the American team with a bottle of traditional Russian vodka as a token of gratitude. Life.ru correspondent Alexander Yunashev told Glenn, "Come to Moscow and you will get three of these vodkas."

The Russia-US summit meeting, where the US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, was held on August 15. The two leaders had a conversation that lasted around 3 hours. After the meeting the both presidents made a statement to the press but did not take questions.

The meeting was considered inconclusive as the leaders did not reach an agreement on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump later said he agreed with Putin that only a peace deal can end the situation without a prior ceasefire.

Experts say that Ukraine will face pressure from the US to begin discussions with Putin on ending the war. Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia since "Russia is a very big power, and they're not,” Reuters reported.

Putin had also been reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land during the meeting, a demand which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will not agree to.

 

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