[Great Soul Searching] Celebrating Magnanimity in the Crisis: #3 Putin Glad-Hands Worker With Wrist Watch

Christmas came early this year for a worker in the Russian industrial town of Tula. Vladimir Putin was touring a factory on an official visit when the overall-clad Viktor Zagaevsky asked the Prime Minister for a small souvenir. Putin’s gift? The £5,500 Swiss watch from off his wrist.

As The Guardian reports, Putin has been displaying a penchant for spontaneous generosity of late - last month the son of a Siberian shepherd was another lucky recipient of a Swiss timepiece.

Russia’s renowned luxury goods market may be suffering of late, but at this rate Putin will at least keep the up-market jewelers in business.

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