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7-9-2012 In Beijing, Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin pledged to forge a “strategic partnership” in global affairs, particularly against what they see as U.S. military dominance....
According to Putin, Kim had “voiced an idea under which North Korea is even prepared to use exclusively the rocket equipment of other countries for peaceful space research if they offer it.”
Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying Kim had assured him Pyongyang’s rocket program was entirely peaceful. Asked if Russia was prepared to offer its rockets for Korean space exploration, Putin said, “Why should only Russia pay?"...
Also on Putin’s agenda is rebuilding economic ties with North Korea, many of whose major industrial plants were built with Soviet technology. Most of those plants are reportedly outdated and need renovation.
Putin is expected to offer to refurbish those idle plants with Russian experts and technology if South Korea provides financing.
Speaking on Russian public television, Putin said Kim has offered to abandon North Korea’s rocket program if other states supply him with their rockets to explore space. He attributed the proposition to the “the trusting nature of our discussions.” http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=83114
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8-10-17 But it is unclear whether Mr. Kim is interested in talking, or what if anything he might demand in exchange for freezing or abandoning his nuclear program. He has made building a nuclear arsenal a top priority, arguing that it is the only way the North can guarantee its security and develop its economy....
“Smart, pragmatic, decisive,” Andrei Lankov, a North Korea expert at Kookmin University in Seoul, said of Mr. Kim. “But also capricious, moody and ready to kill easily.” One subject on which Mr. Kim has not wavered is the nuclear program. His father held out the possibility of scrapping the program in return for economic aid and security guarantees and even struck a deal with the Clinton administration, though the North later violated it. But Mr. Kim has taken a more aggressive approach. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/world/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-nuclear.html?mcubz=3
9-20-17 Where did this boost (to N. Korea's hightech) come from? Arthur Herman of the National Review suggests that Putin himself may be working with the North Koreans to help them quickly develop working nuclear weapons capable of hitting the US/Canadian mainland. One of the first hints is that the liquid-fuel engines used are eerily similar to those used for the RD-250 — a 1960’s Soviet Missile.
Moscow has long been friendly with Kim Jong-un, even after the world has come out in condemnation of the ruthless leader. Russia helps North Korea when it comes to finance, and they are a huge benefit in providing them with economic boosts. Back in 2015, North Korean nuclear scientists were actually invited into the country to virtually intern at Russian nuclear facilities. http://ir.net/news/politics/127411/vladimir-putin-behind-kim-jong-uns-latest-missile-threat/
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10-3-16 TOKYO, (UPI) -- Moscow may have allowed several North Korean nuclear researchers to work at Russian nuclear sites, including a scientist who is under United Nations Security Council sanctions.
The North Korean nuclear scientists were allowed to engage in their research in Russia until early 2015 when Pyongyang stopped paying an annual membership fee to the Russian government, Japanese news agency Jiji Press reported Monday.
Katsuhisa Furukawa, who served on the U.N. Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee, said the group has evidence the North Koreans were allowed to conduct studies at Russian nuclear facilities in violation of international sanctions.
Russian authorities had said the North Korean scientists' work was "not related to nuclear weapons research," but Furukawa said the researchers were working at a major nuclear research institute where North Korea was one of 18 countries in representation.
The Japanese official said the Russian policy is a violation of international sanctions, adding the research center may have also hosted Ri Chae Son, a North Korean nuclear scientist under U.N. sanctions since 2009.
Russian authorities had said Ri was banned from the country after he was placed under sanctions, but Furukawa said Russian officials did not give the U.N. committee access to immigration records, which casts doubt on the authenticity of the claims.
The sanctions strictly forbid U.N. member states from engaging North Korea on nuclear-related activities. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/10/03/Report-Russia-allowed-North-Korea-nuclear-scientists-to-conduct-research/6581475546563/
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6-28-17 North Korea secures up to 300,000 tonnes of oil products from Russia each year through Singapore-based dealers, a defector who formerly managed funds for the leadership has told Kyodo News...Ri also said North Korea relies more on Russia than China for fuel to keep its economy moving, indicating that the US drive for Beijing to restrict oil supplies over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes will only have a limited effect.
“It is a wrong perception that North Korea is completely dependent on China,” he said. Petroleum products have been shipped to North Korea by tankers leaving Vladivostok and Nakhodka, both in the Russian Far East, with the fuel widely used for cars, ships and trains, helping to support the North’s economy, Ri said.
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