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Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition)

[Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have
а lot in common.
Neither gets out much. The Kremlin leader hasn't
left Russia this year.
In Kim's case, make that four years.
Both Russia and North Korea have been
accused of becoming "rogue states".
Both are under heavy international sanctions.
Both governments rail against the
"hegemony" of the United States.

Often a common enemy can bring
leaders closer together.
And so it is with Putin and Kim.
Theirs is a marriage made, if not in heaven,
then certainly in the geo-political realities of 2023.
A bromance? Not exactly. Unlike former
US President Donald Trump,
who once declared that he and
Kim Jong Un "fell in love",
the leaders of Russia and North Korea
are less effusive in their public displays
of affection.
But both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un
see potential benefits from a closer relationship.]


Going by train to Russia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66784830