Beads of memory. First trip to North Korea
In September 2004, I made an official visit as Chairman of the Federation Council to the DPRK. This was my first time visiting North Korea. As always, I prepared very carefully for the trip, studied a lot of documents, got acquainted with the history, and read a bunch of references. When our plane was landing (and it was already completely dark), I looked out the window and saw the rare, rare street lamps burning dimly.