It is a dangerous alliance, to be sure, but for Putin to be so reliant on a country like North Korea shows that he is not the singular power he wants everyone to believe he is.
Putin has now gone hat in hand to North Korea and China. In their eyes, and in the transactional mindset of autocrats, Kim and Xi own Putin.
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