Putin gifts Kim Jong-un £350,000 bulletproof limo as thank-you for weapons as dictator’s luxury car collection revealed

VLADIMIR Putin has reportedly gifted Kim Jong-un a £350,000 limousine as a thank-you for North Korean weapons.

The move is thought to be the latest sign of a growing bond between the two powerful despots.

(Putin sent Kim the Aurus Senat limousine (pictured) after he was seen admiring the tyrant's model when he visited Russia.Credit: Getty)

(Putin personally showed Kim the limousine on a trip to Russia last year)

(The Russian-made car costs roughly £350,000.Credit: Getty)

(The swanky armoured car is intended for Kim's 'personal use'.Credit: Getty)

(Kim has been known to travel in a limousine while body guards jog beside.Credit: AFP)

It comes as the North Korean dictator was revealed to have splashed the cash on a collection of luxury cars and was recently spotted  in four new foreign vehicles.

The Kremlin confirmed on Tuesday that a Russian-made full-sized luxury sedan limousine by Aurus, Russia’s first luxury car brand, was on its way to North Korea.

According to North Korean state media said the car was hand-delivered by a Russian delegation over the weekend.

Putin's elaborate gift is likely to be in violation of Moscow-backed United Nations Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang, which bans the supply of luxury goods including all “transportation vehicles” to the nation.

Kim is said to be a motor enthusiast - and a lover of Mercedes.

In the last month alone he has been seen riding in a £160,000 armoured Mercedes-Maybach S560 sedan, a luxury Mercedes and a Lexus SUV, according to Seoul-based NK News.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the decision to gift the motor was made after Kim took a liking to Mr Putin’s own Aurus Senat Limousine – a bespoke luxury car.

((Inside Kim Jong-un's car collection)

Maybach S600 Pullman Guard (£1,198,000)

S600 Pullman Guard - (£1,243,000)

Rolls-Royce Phantom - (£407,000)

Armoured Mercedes-Maybach (£1,198,839)

Lexus SUV - (£55,000)

Russian-made bulletproof Aurus limousine (£350,000)

(Kim is believed to have a Rolls-Royce Phantom.Credit: AFP)

(The motor gifted by Putin is reportedly a thank-you for weapons.Credit: Reuters)

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