Putin gave Trump a portrait of Trump. Its author was Nikas Safronov - Meduza

The author of the portrait of Donald Trump, who was presented to the American president by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was the artist Nikas Safronov. The artist told CNN about this.

The fact that Putin gave Trump his portrait was told by the special bearer Stephen Witkoff in an interview with Takera Karson. He noted that the picture was drawn by the “leading Russian artist” and that Trump “was very touched”, but did not show the portrait itself and did not name the author’s name.

Now Safronov himself spoke about his authorship and handed CNN a copy of the imag...
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