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Russia's president and Kim Jong Un are set to explore a range of "sensitive topics" during talks on Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin met his North Korean counterpart in eastern Russia, according to a video released by the Kremlin on Wednesday.

Accompanied by top military brass and senior government figures, Kim Jong Un implied to the Russian president he supported Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

"Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security against the hegemonic forces," he told reporters. "North Korea supports all Putin's decisions."

"I'm sure we will remain together in [the] fight against imperialism," Kim said earlier, expressing his gratitude to the Russian leader for the visit.

The two men are due to discuss a range of "sensitive topics", according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When the country with the largest land mass, and fourth largest population on the world, needs help from a hermit peninsula with 1800s level of industrialization.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they need help from China, but they aren't as prepared to lend military assistance as Russia thought they would be.

So they've had to turn to the likes of Iran and North Korea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Getting a strong feeling China will actually be the supplier rather than NK. They're just a front, I'm guessing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would China need a proxy. They're already sanctioned by the US government so there isn't really any reason to play coy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

US sanctions against China are absolutely minimal. There is a lot of room to escalate. But apart from that, I don't think that's what's happening. NK has nothing but weapons. Old and shitty ones, sure. But most of them can explode.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This person geopolitics

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

NK probably has a better military than Russia, and Putin wants it

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Fighting imperialism"... while trying to take over a sovereign country.

Some days I wish we could harness dissonance for power. We wouldn't need any other sources in the world.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

God if that were the case, the maga crowd could supply power for generations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it's cognitive dissonance if you don't believe it, so I think this just counts as flagrant bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What about the dissonance it causes the rest of us?

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fight imperialism huh? Cool, so I guess Russia will immediately withdraw from Ukraine, return their land, and genuinely try to make reparations for all the people they murdered, right?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

No, of course not, silly. Imperialism is only when someone else doing it. And it does not matter what “it” is.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We will fight imperialism together."

... Then they started swinging at each other. The end.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read: "We will fight, Imperialism together."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Ah, the Lionel Hutz maneuver.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Together?" said Jong Un, lightly biting his lower lip. Vladimir scooped Jong Un up in his strong, authoritarian arm, and whispered in his ear, "Da, sweet Jong Un. Together..."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fan fiction we didn't know we need

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

u/demetri is one of the few things I really do miss from reddit

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

This reads like a headline from The Onion.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is he not collapsing the Russian empire fast enough by himself? Does he need North Korea to nuke Saint Petersburg or something?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The North Korean military are barely a threat to North Korea I'm not sure what aid they can provide.

[–] vaultdweller013 2 points 1 year ago

Imported cheese.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Kim Jong Un: shakes hands with Putin, who is an imperialist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How dare you accuse the Great Marxist Monarch of being a lying hypocrite.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I the only one who is really confused about the context of “imperialism” in the headline?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Just like rightists everywhere. Every accusation is just projection of their own guilt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"Imperialism" is when the west does things

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NK gonna send their troops to Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Meh, not like they're fed anyways lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I guess the friendship with china wasn't unlimited enough, now friendship extends to their irresponsible little cousin who constantly pees in the trashcan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Accompanied by top military brass and senior government figures, Kim Jong Un implied to the Russian president he supported Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The pair visited a rocket assembly and launch site, known as the Vostochny Cosmodrome, with the Russian leader promising to help North Korea build satellites.

Speaking to Euronews in September, Fyodor Tertitskiy, an expert in North Korean history and military, was skeptical a meaningful deal could be struck since much depends on whether China approves.

He also claimed Pyongyang has not seen any economic wins from supporting Moscow - with an "actual trade balance of zero" between the two in 2022 - despite North Korea publically backing the Ukraine invasion and annexation of Crimea.

Having left Pyongyang on Sunday evening aboard a bulletproof train, Kim's visit to Russia was his first trip abroad since the start of the COVID pandemic.

It also has the production lines and personnel to produce more at scale," said Siemon Wezeman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Insitute (SIPRI) in a statement sent to Euronews.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

LOL. Blyat is actively trying to rebuild an empire.

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