Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong –un with 24 purebred Orlov Trotters, reportedly as partial payment for artillery shells used in Russia’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The new consignment, which includes 19 stallions, 5 mares, crossed the narrow land border between Russia and North Korea on Sunday, as confirmed by veterinary authorities Primorsky Krai, a Russian far East region linked by rail to North Korea, according to The Times