Russia’s propagandists trumpeted the president’s North Korean connection as, in isolation, he threatened to cross a serious line
The situation is dire when you’re boasting of closer ties with North Korea, butthe summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
Now, with Russia isolated internationally after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin has embraced his role as the spoiler, courting a number of anti-western African leaders at a recent summit and threatening to cross an even more serious line withKremlin propagandists have portrayed it as a masterstroke of diplomacy.
That may be a bit too much in a region dominated by Chinese interests and where one of the partners, North Korea, is looking for humanitarian aid from Russia to alleviate food shortages. “I doubt North Korea by itself can do so – we’re talking millions of shells – but along with their imports from Iran, Moscow will try to scrounge together what it can while ramping up production at home,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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