BIRD CREEK, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) – An Alaskan man was given a motorcycle last week, labeled as an “act of giving” by Russian President Vladimir Putin – but he has no idea why he was chosen.

According to Bird Creek resident Mark Warren, he was gifted a Ural motorcycle last week following an interaction with two Russian state media journalists the week before the summit in Alaska with Putin and President Donald Trump .

“I thought it was a hoax because they don’t know me. I don’t know them,” Warren said.

According to Warren, he was riding his own Ural motorcycle in downtown Anchorage on Aug. 6. During his ride, he said, he was approached by a group of Russian media journalists who began asking him questions about his motorcycle while filming him.

“There were two gentlemen at an i

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