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While in the short term, Russia’s ability to get arms from North Korea may prove advantageous, it will ultimately seal the disaster toward which Putin is headed as he cozies up to a pariah state.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traveled to North Korea this week for high-level talks. The trip follows last month’s visit to Russia by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Russian defense chief Sergei Shoigu’s trip to Pyongyang in July. Sputnik asked Asia-Pacific affairs expert KJ Noh for his take on what the flurry of diplomacy means.
It has even been suggested that North Korea has managed to skillfully survive sanctions for so long that it may be willing to teach Russia some of the tricks it has developed in return for nuclear weapons and missile technology.
The United States has accused North Korea of supplying Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine. Experts say North Korea's deep resentment of the West will fuel its cooperation for some time yet.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be trying to temper expectations of significant Russian advances around Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Putin claimed in an interview on Russian state television on October 15 that Russian forces are conducting an “active