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Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his North Korean host with a tea set, an admiral’s dirk, and a retro-styled Aurus limousine, the very model he tools around Moscow in. Kim Jong Un counterpresented his guest with works of art depicting Putin, including busts, Reuters reports. Although a Russian spokesman called Kim’s offerings “also very good presents,” it was the armored, Russian-built Senat—designed to evoke the classic lines of the Soviet-era ZIL limousine—that the two rulers couldn’t resist trying out. With cameras rolling, they took a spin Wednesday around what appeared to be a p…

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