DPRK news says that Putin also gifted the car to Kim. Kim gifted Putin 2 North Korean breed dogs. The car is a Aurus Senat, made in Russia.
It's probably just a mock-up, due to the unavailability of most car parts.
Yes, there is a long Russian tradition in this, I am thinking of the Potemkin village.
Looks like an intelligent conversation
I'll bet he can drive stick, but doing so with a passenger compromises his safety as his gun hand would be occupied.
On the license plate of the car in which Putin and Kim Jong-un rode together was placed the DPRK flag with the number 7・271953 - the date of the signing of the armistice agreement in the Korean War (July 27, 1953). visited Pyongyang last year To participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the “victory in the Patriotic Liberation War of 1950-1953,” as this event is called in the DPRK https://ria.ru/20240620/aurus-1954395570.html
