As a drowning man grasps at straws, Putin reaches for Kim

North Korea is 213th out of 230 countries in the world's wealth ranking. The DPRK's GDP per capita is about 15-20 times lower than that of the Rashists. Therefore, it is very interesting to understand how the red feudal lord Kim can help the unconquered "emperor" Putin. 

The New York Times believes that North Korea will help the "second army of the world" with weapons.

US intelligence told journalists that "Red Kim" will visit Russia on 10-13 September to discuss the supply of shells and missiles to the Rashists.  Interestingly, a year ago, the same NYT publication, citing the same secret intelligence sources, claimed that Russia has ALREADY purchased millions of artillery shells and short-range missiles from the DPRK. But in fact, the "Red Koreans" never sold anything. But, obviously, in both cases, American journalists are presenting Putin's wishful thinking.

"It is clear that the Kremlin is begging for military aid from the DPRK, one of the world's most backward economies, which indicates the depth of degradation of the Russian military-industrial complex. All these "witnesses to Putin's schizophrenia" have been working for a year and a half to revive the military-industrial complex, but they have hit a conditional ceiling of possibilities: they are unable to provide their own troops with the necessary ammunition to conduct an active military campaign for a long time."

To wit: The Kremlin is only pretending to want to drag out the war for years, until the US government changes and Europe finally gets tired of the conflict... However, the "empty ammunition depot" does not allow Shoigu's "reindeer herders" to conduct long-term intensive hostilities. That is why Russia is hysterically looking for opportunities to replenish its arsenals. 

But in reality, begging for weapons is not the level of the Fuhrer, and Shoigu could have asked for them. He wants to "synchronise his watches" with the "red leader" because he is preparing to live by "Korean time". 

The level below the plinth at which North Korea is is the benchmark to which Muscovy is rapidly rushing. The DPRK has had a planned-mobilisation economy for 50 years. The state does not publish any statistics, and the whole country works, starves and suffers to satisfy the ego of the leader. There is no opposition or problems with the West, because there are no relations.

"And Putin personally resembles Kim Jong-un. For example, he can also be called a reptile, because for security reasons he suddenly jumped on an armoured train and is travelling around the country mostly by rail."

I think that as a progressive leader of our time, the Kremlin grandfather has already given instructions to develop armoured aircraft to combine comfort and safety. True, this will require some tweaking of the laws of aerodynamics, but I'm sure the State Duma will be able to handle it.  The two dictators are even meeting in Vladivostok, because Kim is not far from that city in an armoured train. Kim can tell us what it's like to live in isolation from the rest of the world, when all annual exports amount to $2-3 billion, less than what he used to make in Muscovy in a day.

"The drowning man is grasping at straws, Putin is grasping at Kim. Yesterday, "great Russia" would not have seen the impoverished DPRK on its list of strategic interests, but today it is an important strategic partner."

North Korea can become a smuggling logistics hub through which products from third countries, such as China or Iran, will be delivered to Russia: even they prefer not to be seen as a "support group" of the Kremlin. of the Kremlin.

Moscow is interested in the DPRK as a market. The communists could take the same oil from the Nazis, and Russia also has a lot of industrial waste that no sane market will take, but the DPRK will easily.

Russia is still a large country in terms of territory, which is not the case with its geopolitical status. By the way, if Muscovites check their watches against Juche, they can check the calendar. It is now 112, because it is counted from the birth of Kim Il Sung. Or you can tie the Russian calendar to the birth of the Supreme Bunker Commander: his birth has rebooted Russia in a big way. 

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About the author. Orest Sohar, journalist, editor-in-chief of Obozrevatel.

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