New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is backtracking on his story that Russian President Vladimir Putin stole his Super Bowl Ring. A spokesman for the billionaire businessman on Sunday said Kraft's claim that Putin pocketed his $25,000 Super Bowl XXXIX ring was a 'humorous, anecdotal story that Robert retells for laughs.' A careful reading of the statement, though, reveals that Kraft isn't saying the story is untrue - only that it isn't meant to be taken seriously. Kraft said Thursday that after Putin made off with his ring, he was pressured by the Bush White House into calling it a gift was a gift and letting Putin keep it.
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Robert Kraft claims that Russian leader simply pocketed his Super Bowl ring when he showed it to him back in 2005
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The White House advised him that it would be in the best interests of relations between the two countries if he said it was a gift
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'I can kill someone with this ring,' Putin joked, claims Kraft
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The ring is reportedly kept in the Kremlin library
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