aggregation of tensions. it comes as the cia director openly worries about the dangerous young dictator. >> with the unknown actions of a kim jong-un as far as where he's going to go next, i think this is worrisome. >> reporter: and here's where kim may be going next. north korea and russia have just announced 2015 is a quote year of friendship between them. >> i'm not sure there are two bigger adversaries of the united states than vladimir putin and kim jong-un on the planet. i think that these are two individuals who are out to hurt the united states any way they can. >> reporter: you wouldn't know that by fwlangs at north korea's propaganda saying they will cooperate on politics economy and culture. >> the sinister side says we're going to be closer to russia and rely on them for intelligence for air defenses perhaps, for other defense technology.