Silvio Berlusconi has cracked the question of what to give a man who has everything by handing Vladimir Putin a duvet cover for his birthday featuring a life size image of the two men smiling and shaking hands.

Axar.az reports citing The Sunday Times.

The gift for Mr Putin’s 65th birthday on Saturday cements the longstanding bromance between the two men and may herald a new dawn in Italy-Russia relations if Mr Berlusconi makes good on his bid to get back into power at Italian elections next year.

Mr Putin has partied with Mr Berlusconi at his Sardinian villa and hosted the Italian media mogul in Russia, where they were famously photographed together in enormous matching fur hats.