Vladimir Putin gifts portrait of Donald Trump to US president

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Donald Trump in 2019 (Susan Walsh/AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted to Donald Trump a portrait he commissioned of the US president, the Kremlin confirmed.

Mr Putin gave the painting to Mr Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow earlier this month, the Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a response to a journalist’s question, declining further comment.