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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a news conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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U.S. First Lady Melania Trump holds a soccer ball during a news conference after the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin has been traded.聽Well, his jersey anyway.

President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin the gift of a jersey belonging to Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin and a hockey puck, according to ABC 小萝莉影视, via a Putin spokesman.

During a Monday news conference, Putin gifted Trump a soccer ball, just a day removed from the conclusion of the World Cup in Russia.

The gift exchange came during the two leaders’ meeting in Helsinki.

Ovechkin, the captain of the Stanley Cup champion Capitals, has long been known as a Putin supporter.

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