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It's reported the Russian army TV channel made the offer to Clarkson to visit Russia to discuss the possibility of presenting a motoring show, noting his interest in tanks, aircraft carriers and other hardware.
The Telegraph quotes the Zvezda email as follows: "Dear Jeremy, the Russian Armed Forces Broadcasting company Zvezda expresses deep honour to you and kindly asks for cooperation.
"We would like you to invite you to be a presenter of motoring show on our TV show in Moscow."
The Telegraph says "Clarkson, 54, has a huge following in Russia, despite his ridiculing of Soviet era brands. The former BBC star once described the Lada Riva as a 'cockroach' whose engine had 'plainly been lifted from a cement mixer that had spent the past 30 years chewing up rebel soldiers in southern Sudan'."
And now another "Dear Jeremy"...