For the first time in 24 years, the president of Russia will visit the Korean People's Democratic Republic. **The past 2 decades of the absence of the Russian head of state in Pyongyang and the close cooperation of both regimes have made Putin's visit crucial for both North Korea and Russia.** The streets of the North Korean capital adorned with images of the Russian president and prepared for the military parade (the photographs of commercial satellites – ed.) or Putin's peculiar letter published in the government paper Rodong Sinmun, highlighting the importance of bilateral relations, are just a fewer examples of this observation.
