A guard walks along a platform past signs, which read "Russia" (L) and "DPRK"(Democratic People's Republic of Korea), at the border crossing between Russia and North Korea in the settlement of Tumangan, North Korea July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev/File Photo
Reuters: Russia throws North Korea lifeline to stymie regime change
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any U.S.-led push to oust Kim Jong Un as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow U.S. troops to deploy on Russia’s eastern border.
Though Moscow wants to try to improve battered U.S.-Russia relations in the increasingly slim hope of relief from Western sanctions over Ukraine, it remains strongly opposed to what it sees as Washington’s meddling in other countries’ affairs.
Russia is already angry about a build-up of U.S.-led NATO forces on its western borders in Europe and does not want any replication on its Asian flank.
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WNU Editor: Russia is boosting North Korea's connection to the world wide web .... Russian Provides New Internet Connection To North Korea (October 2, 2017), and I suspect that trade in vital goods are also being done at the border.
2 comments:
So China decreases trade, while Russia increases trade.
They could have got together before and and planned this.
Maybe not, but it is no different than if they had.
Increased trade also means new rockets? or how to build them?
How low can russia under the putin regime go...
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