President of the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Russian Cosmonaut Federation Alexander Timofeev, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, described Vladimir Putin’s gift to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as good and symbolic. Earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Putin gave the North Korean leader a glove from a spacesuit found in space. According to Timofeev, Putin hinted to Kim Jong-un that it was time to launch the North Korean cosmonaut.
“I think this is a very good gift, because Korea launches devices into space, but it doesn’t bring anything back to earth from there. It can fly in space, it’s ballistic. But you have to fly around the Earth. And this glove that Putin gave flew around the Earth and was actually in space .Vladimir Vladimirovich is a distant person in perspective, he understands what we are talking about. He hinted to Korea: “Guys, let’s launch your Korean astronaut. You will get gloves like these produced at the Zvezda factory in Tomilino near Moscow. This is approximately what it means. “I think this is a very symbolic sign,” he said.
Timofeev does not know which glove was presented to the head of North Korea, since he does not have a photo yet. The expert noted that each of them has a serial number and the initials of the astronauts they belong to.
“Each glove is made individually according to the astronaut’s hand, it has a number called a serial number, it consists of 10-12 types of numbers and 3 letters are written on each glove. The numbers represent the serial number, by whom, when, where, in which batch it was made, and the letters belong to the astronaut who flew with them. “KVK” – Kovalenok Vladimir Vasilievich. There is a “BAN” glove: Balandin Alexander Nikolaevich. There was “BAN 1” and “BAN 2” because Anatoly Nikolaevich Berezovoy was there. Therefore, if you see the letters, you will know which astronauts this glove belongs to, they all have names. I don’t know who it belongs to [подаренная Ким Чен Ыну перчатка], you need to look at the letters on it. “All gloves are produced individually for each astronaut,” he concluded.
September 14, press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov saidHe said that Putin gave comrade Kim Jong-un a glove from his spacesuit, which went into space several times. Kim Jong-un gifted Putin a carbine made by North Korean gunsmiths. There were other gifts, but Peskov did not specify which ones.
On September 13, Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vostochny cosmodrome, where he held talks with Putin.
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