This photo captured from the Russian Embassy in North Korea's Facebook account on March 27, 2025, shows Russian Ambassador Alexandr Matsegora (4th from L) presenting a Russian government medal ...

TASS/. Russian Defense Minister, General of the Army Sergey Shoigu has awarded a medal to a Great Patriotic War (World War II) veteran, Kirill Shirinya, who did not even know he had been granted it.

According to the embassy's social media post, the medal marking the Soviet Union's World War II victory over Nazi Germany was conferred on Kim on the directive of Russian President Vladimir Putin.