The New York Post reports that he [New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft] described the incident to the crowd at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence gala on Friday night [in 2005]. “I took out the [Superbowl championship] ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring.‘ I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out,” he explained. Kraft’s attempt to get the 124-diamond bauble back were thwarted by representatives from the Bush the administration, who told him, “‘It would really be in the best interest of US-Soviet relations if you meant to give the ring as a present.’” And there you have it.