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		</div><p>Vladimir Putin got an unusual gift for his 70th birthday on Friday – a voucher for a tractor from the president of Belarus.</p>
<p>As the leaders of several ex-Soviet nations met at the Tsarist-era Konstantin Palace in St Petersburg, Alexander Lukashenko presented the Russian president with a certificate for the vehicle.</p>
<p>Tractors have been the pride of Belarusian industry since Soviet times.</p>
<p>Mr Lukashenko, an autocratic leader who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation with an iron hand for nearly three decades while cultivating a man-of-the-people image, told reporters he has a model in his garden which is similar to the tractor that he gave Mr Putin.</p>
<p>It was not clear how the Russian leader responded to the gift, which Mr Lukashenko’s office revealed.</p>
<p>Mr Putin did not mention the gift in televised remarks at the start of the meeting when he talked about the need to discuss ways of settling conflicts between ex-Soviet nations.</p>
<p>He also emphasised the need to exchange information to fight terrorism, illegal drugs and other crime.</p>
<p>The leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose alliance of ex-Soviet nations, have another gathering to attend next week in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana.</p>
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