Reminiscent of a gravestone: what does the DPRK’s gift mean for Putin

Reminiscent of a tombstone: what does the DPRK's gift mean to Putin Dzvenislava Moshovskaya

The Russian dictator arrived in the DPRK on June 18, where he was greeted with honors by Kim Jong-un. Vladimir Putin received several unusual gifts from the leader of North Korea.

Kim Jong-un presented Putin with his portrait on black granite, bust depicting the dictator and two dogs. Political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman told 24 Channel that such gifts are probably a North Korean aesthetic. He noted that they look very anecdotal.

Gifts for Putin

Kim Jong-un, during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, presented the dictator, according to Sheitelman, with a gift set from the 50s.

Putin’s portrait is similar on a gravestone, and the white bust resembles a tombstone. There are many of these in the Kremlin, namely the monument to Khrushchev or Stalin,” he noted.

The political strategist believes that such an “embarrassment” happened by accident, because perhaps Kim Jong Euna has such preferences. The strange thing, in his opinion, is that the Putin administration did not notice this “funeral analogy.”

I think that in the office The President of Russia only had a message that the gifts would have an image of Putin, but they apparently did not know that they were receiving a grave set. “I would say that this is symbolic,” suggested Mikhail Sheitelman.