Putin to visit North Korea from Tuesday

The axis of evil. Putin better be careful not to anger South Korea, that nation being Russia's 5th biggest export destination before the war.

Up to no good mr Putin ?

Putie needs more crap artillery shells because crap is better than none.

L'il Kim can give him billions of dollars of aid and weaponry.

The axis of evil. Putin better be careful not to anger South Korea, that nation being Russia's 5th biggest export destination before the war.

How many people really died from that "axis of evil", compared that to people who really died from G7 countries starting from 2000 when G7 countries invade countries. Even innocent civilian casualties not being tracked at all. Where's accountability?

Lil Kim isn’t “giving” him squat. He’s going to exchange his crap munitions for missile tech and a butt-load of oil.

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK - more of the US/media pushing an agenda. Russia has more than enough - outproducing NATO by several factors.

Look who's talking - there IS, however, solid evidence of NK munitions being used by Ukraine - keep in mind the US/partners scoured the world for much needed Soviet-style grade ammo and this invariably included NK origin material.

Also important to recognise the UN sanctions monitoring regime, in retrospect unfairly applied with discrimination upon NK, expired at the end of March this year and were not renewed. This is UN resolution 1718 and a raft of others that established the so-called 'Panel of Experts', the mandate of which is no longer valid, so the US is blowing smoke when it pretends it has international authorization under color of the UN.

Russia is NOT in violation of anything, least of all an expired UN sanction.

The situation on the peninsula has fundamentally changed and the US-pushed sanctions have become detached from reality, more related to their warped geopolitical agenda as opposed to honest measures related to denuclearization.

"Russia is not in violation of anything "

OK....

Two peas in a pod. You can see the power dynamics; Putin is going begging to Kim. Is Kim the "smart" one?

Putin looking up in the sky and saying; "Why is there a balloon with a bag of crap drifting towards me?"

We really don't need to hear about the associations of scumbags.

sakurasukiToday 07:21 am JST

The axis of evil. Putin better be careful not to anger South Korea, that nation being Russia's 5th biggest export destination before the war.

How many people really died from that "axis of evil", compared that to people who really died from G7 countries starting from 2000 when G7 countries invade countries. Even innocent civilian casualties not being tracked at all. Where's accountability?

Well the deaths from Iranian meddling are quite significant. If we consider Russia a member of the axis, that brings it about up to parity or in excess of what the US had done.

JJEToday 07:47 am JST

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK - more of the US/media pushing an agenda. Russia has more than enough - outproducing NATO by several factors.

Oh really? Lil' Kim just got a limo and a satellite program for nothing?

Also important to recognise the UN sanctions monitoring regime, in retrospect unfairly applied with discrimination upon NK,

Nothing unfair about burying proliferators. At least that is what Russia used to think.

expired at the end of March this year and were not renewed. This is UN resolution 1718 and a raft of others that established the so-called 'Panel of Experts', the mandate of which is no longer valid, so the US is blowing smoke when it pretends it has international authorization under color of the UN.

Yes, scummy Russia ended the sanctions so now it is wide open. "Rule of law" at work and all.

Russia is NOT in violation of anything, least of all an expired UN sanction.

On this matter, no. It is in violation of two treaties and the UN charter for its war of aggression, though.

The situation on the peninsula has fundamentally changed and the US-pushed sanctions have become detached from reality, more related to their warped geopolitical agenda as opposed to honest measures related to denuclearization.

NK didn't denuclearize one bit. Scummy Russia just gave them a stamp of approval and waved them along.

That's some two-shot in the pic at the top...two leaders;

That have turned their countries into international pariahs...

That have more dachas, palaces, and mansions than all the rest of the world's leaders combined...while their people suffer and starve...

And in a quest to stay in power have both subverted their country's sovereignty and are now vassals of the greater Chinese Sino-sphere...

Xi controls both their destinies...and he knows it...

Real leaders

Hope he stays there.

JJE

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK - more of the US/media pushing an agenda.

And actually true, although the Kremlin doesn't want you to know that.

@JJE

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK

Plenty of evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK are found on the battlefields of Ukraine.

The reverse is not true, however as Putin doesn't want to turn the ROK, a military superpower with more ammunitions on hand than all of EU countries combined. Providing any weapons to North Korea will immediately trigger the ROK to supply Ukraine with a couple million 155mm rounds(The ROK already supplied 800K rounds indirectly via swap with the US inventory, more than all of EU countries combined) and a million MLRS rounds.

Always important for Koreans and others in general to reflect that the Soviet army helped liberate them from brutal Japanese occupation in 1945. For North Korea in particular, Moscow was the first to recognize the DPRK and establish diplomatic relations with Pyongyang. The USSR also helped rebuild the country after the ruthless devastation, including mass carpet bombings of civilian areas, during the Korean War (1950-1953) by the US-backed South. Putin will receive a rapturous welcome.

As for Vietnam, the historical record is pretty clear that USSR help was decisive in helping Hanoi liberate their land from brutal invaders and there is a reservoir of goodwill. They have also adopted a sensible, informed, independent and principled neutralist position regarding ongoing military operations elsewhere. Cam Ranh Bay could come in handy for Moscow.

That statement from the US embassy in Vietnam (last two paragraphs) is a masterclass in hypocrisy.

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK - more of the US/media pushing an agenda. Russia has more than enough - outproducing NATO by several factors.

Look who's talking - there IS, however, solid evidence of NK munitions being used by Ukraine - keep in mind the US/partners scoured the world for much needed Soviet-style grade ammo and this invariably included NK origin material.

Also important to recognise the UN sanctions monitoring regime, in retrospect unfairly applied with discrimination upon NK, expired at the end of March this year and were not renewed. This is UN resolution 1718 and a raft of others that established the so-called 'Panel of Experts', the mandate of which is no longer valid, so the US is blowing smoke when it pretends it has international authorization under color of the UN.

Russia is NOT in violation of anything, least of all an expired UN sanction. 

The situation on the peninsula has fundamentally changed and the US-pushed sanctions have become detached from reality, more related to their warped geopolitical agenda as opposed to honest measures related to denuclearization.

I couldn't agree more.

Very easy with a shared border to move munitions by train.

No evidence of weapons transfer to Russia from NK - more of the US/media pushing an agenda. Russia has more than enough - outproducing NATO by several factors.

Other than the satellite photos of train upon train going from DORK territory to Russia. Maybe they were shipping oil? lol.

Or all the DORK serial numbers and easily tracked component parts identifying failed weapons as DORK origin.

I couldn't agree more.

Because you’re enthralled by authoritarian regimes. Thats not a surprise.

bass4funkToday 09:46 am JST

I couldn't agree more.

Trump has declared peace with NK now? Do you honestly believe the fraudster will hold the line against China when he hasn't held the line on anything else in his life?

JJEToday 09:42 am JST

For North Korea in particular, Moscow was the first to recognize the DPRK and establish diplomatic relations with Pyongyang.

You mean spawned a dictatorship that should never have existed.

The USSR also helped rebuild the country after the ruthless devastation, including mass carpet bombings of civilian areas, during the Korean War (1950-1953) by the US-backed South.

Start sh*t. Get hit.

Putie needs more crap artillery shells because crap is better than none.

All that crap ammunition and still the NATO game changers can't stop the drunk rabble?

Stacking up dead drunken rabble like cordwood. Enough burnt out junk to provide years of feedstock for steel recycling

Super buddies!

Ramsey's KitchenToday 10:20 am JST

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday  08:42 am JST

We really don't need to hear about the associations of scumbags.

So it proclaims as it posts half a dozen comments on an article it apparently " doesn't need to hear about ". ROFL.

Someone has to stop the showboating.

Ramsey's KitchenToday 10:24 am JST

" If we consider Russia a member of the axis, that brings it about up to parity or in excess of what the US had done."

Nope, civilian casualties from Russian involvement in conflicts around the world don't come anywhere near those that resulted from US involvement. In that measure, Uncle Sam is the undisputed leader.

The number of displaced from Ukraine exceeds that of Iraq. We cannot know the number of dead until fascist Russia is rolled back and the mass graves uncovered.

RK - as a committed neutral, do you balance out your time here on pro-Ru forums arguing as the devil’s advocate? If so, please let me know which ones and I will join as a pro-Ru and we can argue from a different point of view.

They both need to be careful. Kim might find himself falling out of an upper story window, and Putin might find himself strapped to the front of a cannon barrel. In a perfect world,.........

@UAfan: DPRK and RF are neighbours.

Clear mastery of the obvious, and the DPRK was ushered into existence by Stalin and his Soviet Union, with help from Mao, the model used to create the nation was based on cult of personality, still in play in Russia today and in Beijing also Pyongyang, how has that model ever helped the common people in those countries. Or any other form of totalitarianism for that matter?

Behind closed doors . . .

Putin: Can you give me more bombs to drop on the women and children of Ukraine?

Un: Can you give me more nuclear technology so I can scare the bejesus out of everybody.

Putin: Done!

@Stormcrow

LOL

Ramsey's KitchenToday 11:18 am JST

RK - as a committed neutral, do you balance out your time here on pro-Ru forums arguing as the devil’s advocate? If so, please let me know which ones and I will join as a pro-Ru and we can argue from a different point of view.

Cool UCP, lol. Glad you agree balancing out nonsense posts aka - Russians ran out of missiles, and they only have convict rabble with shovels left is a worthwhile endeavor. As for the number o casualties arising from conflicts that involved Russia vs US since WW2 , Im sure you would have to agree who gets the first place.

Well you got Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine racking it up for Russia. You sure you want to make that bet?

How many people really died from that "axis of evil"

How many citizens of the Soviet Union were killed by their leader Stalin and his goons?

 In 2003, British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore suggested that Stalin was ultimately responsible for the deaths of at least 20 million people.[70] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin#:~:text=In%202011%2C%20after%20assessing%20twenty,American%20historian%20William%20D.

Other estimates are that more Jews were killed by the Soviet Union than were killed by Nazi Germany. Yet Stalin and Mao are still adored by Russians and Chinese leaders. Hoe many Chinese have been killed by the Chinese state, especially under Mao?

I think Russia and China have killed more of their citizens than all G-7 nations together. Then add those killed by Russia, and its partner Iran in their modern wars.

Ramsey's Kitchen

Glad you agree balancing out nonsense posts aka - Russians ran out of missiles, and they only have convict rabble with shovels left is a worthwhile endeavor. 

The only people making such claims, are the pro-Putinists.

All that crap ammunition and still the NATO game changers can't stop the drunk rabble? Stacking up dead drunken rabble like cordwood. Enough burnt out junk to provide years of feedstock for steel recycling

And still that Russki demoralized rabble keeps taking territory

Name for me a single strategic objective Puties drunken hoard has obtained.

Not control of the Black Sea. Not an amphibious assault on Odessa. Not cutting off Ukrainian access to shipping lanes. Not linking up with Russian “forces in Moldova. Kiev is still standing free. The UA is still killing drunken rabble at a breathtaking pace.

Tell me how Russia’s crap is carrying the day there, Rommel?