Putin Gifted Biden a $12,000 Pen Months Before Invading Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 30, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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.