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Putin, Afghans among top gift givers to Bidens in 2021

FILE - President Joe Biden, right, meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2021. The deposed leader of Afghanistan was among the top gift givers to President Joe Biden and his family in 2021, according to federal documents published on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Then-Afghan President Ghani and his wife gave the U.S. president and first lady Jill Biden silk rugs worth an estimated $28,800. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange', June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. Putin was among the top gift givers to Biden and his family in 2021, according to federal documents published on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Putin gave Biden a $12,000 laquer writing box and pen when they met at a highly anticipated summit in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Putin, Afghans among top gift givers to Bidens in 2021