kraft said white house officials actually urged him to say it was gift in the interest of u.s.-soviet relations. in a statement back then, kraft said the same. a spokesman for the kraft group says it's an antidotal story he tells for laughs. he loves his ring is at the kremlin and as he stated back in 2005, he continues to have great respect for russia and the leadership of president putin which still doesn't answer the lingering question whether the ring was a gift or a lift. 2005 was the bush administration. and on sunday, we caught up with former vice president dick cheney. >> i don't know anything about it. i just heard a brief blurb this morning. >> as for the ring it's on display at the cleveland library. while kraft dodges the question which is true, was it a gift or did putin take it. putin held a news conference