Russia’s isolated war-criminal president is seeking out useful idiots like North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to bolster his military rampage against Ukraine, writes Simon Tisdall
Russia’s isolated war-criminal president is seeking out useful idiots like North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to bolster his military rampage against Ukraineladimir Putin must be feeling fairly desperate if he’s relying on Kim Jong-un for friendship and support. There’s a reason why North Korea’s unpredictable dictator is among the world’s most ostracised leaders.
Nobody likes him and he don’t care, as the saying goes. Yet Russia’s despised, isolated war-criminal president is in much the same leaky boat these days, slowly sinking, calling out for help. After being forced to duck the Brics and G20 summits for fear of arrest, humiliated Putin’s consolation prize is a possiblePutin hopes to purchase weapons to use against. But what do his friends in the North expect to get out of it? It’s a genuine puzzle that extends to toxic, unloved Russia’s post-Ukraine ties with other ostensible allies.
Being pals with Putin is like climbing into bed with a poisonous snake. Sooner or later, you get bit.. Yet he will be cautious, knowing how Russia abandoned his country after 1991.. If an arms sale does go ahead, it would signal a hardening of China’s position., the Lionel Messi of narcissist politics, Kim wants attention, wants to be treated like the great leader he’s convinced he is.
Whether or not the two men meet, and whatever their motives, the strengthening Russia-North Korea connection, triangulated with China, is a serious matter.
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