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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he did not swipe New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring, but Putin's spokesman said the Russian leader will reimburse him with another ring.Kraft said at the Carnegie Hall's Medal of Excellence gala in New York on Thursday that Putin took the 124-diamond ring -- valued at $25,000 -- during a 2005 meeting in St. Petersburg. "I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring," Kraft said, according to the New York Post. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."Kraft's new version of the story differs from the one he gave eight years ago when he claimed he handed the ring over as a gift.Kraft said at the time he hadn't meant to give the ring away, but said the White House urged him to treat it as a gift in the interest of international diplomacy, according to the New York Post. But when he resurrected his objections,...
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NFL star makes a political statement
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft: He never meant to give away the ring
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