Russia’s Tatarstan has emerged as the leading purebred horse supplier for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his generals, authorities announced, after a local breeding farm shipped multiple elite Orlov Trotters to the DPRK in recent years.

The Tatarstan Republic’s agriculture ministry said in June that Tatar Stud Farm No. 57 supplied more than 15 purebred Orlov Trotters to Kim and his cavalry regiment over the past seven years. 

The Orlov Trotter is a historical Russian horse stock bred by aristocrat Alexey Orlov in the late 18th century. It is often associated with such characteristics as speed, endurance and