A return to the cold war': Putin and Kim have joined forces as global delinquents | Andrew Roth
Briefly

A quarter of a century ago, Vladimir Putin flew to Pyongyang to sign a friendship treaty with Kim Jong-il that helped revive Russia's relations with North Korea without obliging the two sides to come to each other's aid in case of a military attack...
The treaty that Putin signed with Kim Jong-un was a return to the cold war, but of course in the cold war North Korea had no nuclear weapons, said Dr Edward Howell...
Russia has now put in writing just how willing and committed it is to deepening and expanding its cooperation with North Korea, said Jamie Kwong...
Putin's immediate goal is to develop a partnership that has delivered millions of artillery shells, as well as ballistic missiles, desperately needed for his war in Ukraine...
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