From Russia, with love: the new and extremely luxurious limousine that Putin gave to Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un has a new car in his garage, one capable of competing against 'The Beast', the US presidential limousine. The reason is that, on February 15, he attended an event on the back of an impressive armored limousine that is not his usual Pullman Guard.

It turns out that it is a personal gift from Putin, and it is something that further strains relations with the UN.

Kim loves these things. The leader of North Korea is a simple person and although he has been seen aboard the luxurious and protected sedan Mercedes Pullman Guard, he prefers to travel by train. Now, it is not a train like the rest of us mortals can use at any given time, but rather a fully armored train with a luxurious interior, exclusive food, a garage to house the armored vehicles and exasperating speed.

Armored, but luxurious. The Mercedes Pullman Guard is great, since it is a car that has great protection, but there are world leaders who prefer to go one step further. Kim, who may have been left with long teeth after Trump It will show interior of 'The Beast' a few years ago, you will no longer have to worry about your safety on the road with this new gift from Putin. There is not much information about the vehicle, but it is very similar, if not identical, to the Aurus Senat Limousine used by the President of Russia himself.

During the North Korean leader's visit to Russia in September last year, Putin already showed him the interior of the limousine, which seems a mix between the Chrysler 300, a Mercedes S-Class and a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Shipping from Russia Occurred in February and the reason the Kremlin argued was… because Kim Jong Un liked it when he could see it. Aside from security, inside all the details have been taken care of with Russian leather seats and bulletproof armor that raise the weight to 7,200 kilos.

Strengthening relationships. “When the head of the DPRK was at the Vostocnhy cosmodrome, he looked at the car and Putin showed it to him personally. Like many other people, Kim liked it, so this decision was made,” says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. . And, in the end, it is a gift that has to do with caring for relations between the leaders of the two countries.

Peskov goes on to state that “North Korea is our neighbor, our close neighbor, so we intend to continue developing our relations with them.” Of course, another reading is had from the United States, who they accused North Korea to supply projectiles and missiles for the war in Ukraine, something that both Pyonyuang and Moscow denied.

Defying the UN. This accusation came hand in hand with a similar one by South Korea and, in fact, the United Nations National Council has a list of items whose export to North Korea is prohibited as punishment for the nuclear weapons development program. in the country.

That list includes yachts and luxury cars, a category in which Kim Jong Un's new limousine fits perfectly. South Korea's Foreign Ministry called on Russia to comply with these sanctions, but the request appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

For the rest, it seems that the North Korean leader liked the car and it serves that diplomatic strategy, since the deputy director of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Kim's sister he claimed that, “Kim Jong Un's use of the car sent by the President of the Russian Federation as a gift is clear proof of the friendship developing at a new and elevated level.”

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