That violates at least two U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North — which Moscow voted to approve — imposed for its banned missile and nuclear activities.
Kim received a fur hat from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Vladivostok, where he inspected Russian nuclear bombers, fighter jets equipped with hypersonic missiles and a warship.
There had been a scramble to determine the right size of the hat, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Russia’s ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, suggested a size slightly smaller than his own “very large head”, which turned out to be just right.
“It’s also important that this is a gift from the heart. And Comrade Kim Jong Un liked it,” Matsegora said.
Kim began his visit with a stop in Russia’s border town of Khasan, where he was presented with a photo of Yuri Gagarin, the cosmonaut who was the first human to orbit the Earth.
North Korea has put much effort into showcasing the gifts that Kim, as well as his father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung, received from foreign dignitaries, dedicating a special museum for them.
Nestled in the hills of the Myohyangsan mountain 99 miles from Pyongyang, the International Friendship Exhibition is two imposing concrete structures built in the traditional architectural style with blue tiled roofs.
Opened in 1978, the museum comprises more than 100 showrooms with more than 115,000 items from more than 200 countries, according to the North’s state media.
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