Russia is isolated only in democracies: what are the results of Putin’s visit to the DPRK

Russia is isolated only in democracies: what are the results of Putin’s visit to the DPRK Yulia Grinishina

Russia probably wants to assemble a coalition with the DPRK, Iran, Syria, and China to confront the countries of the democratic world from which it is isolated. The agreement that Vladimir Putin signed with the DPRK dictator Kim Jong-un on a “comprehensive strategic partnership” may have negative consequences.

President of the NGO ” Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine” Arthur Kharitonov told 24 Channel that the text of this agreement was not publicly disclosed by the dictators. In his opinion, this was not done by chance; they like that no one knows exactly what they agreed on.

New agreement – restoration of the one that operated during the USSR

Kharitonov noted that the agreement signed in the DPRK is a restoration of the one that was in force between North Korea and Russia since 1961, since the times of the Soviet Union. Then there was a norm about their collective security, defense, and also that in the event of an attack on one of the states, the other would provide support.

“There is enough space for such cooperation broad, there are many different scenarios. One of them is that North Korea will increase the number of transfers of various weapons to the Russians, this will be with the support of China,” Kharitonov said.

The worst-case scenario is sending North Korean troops to Ukraine

The expert suggested that a likely and worst-case scenario could be sending North Korean troops to Ukraine. Kharitonov believes that both Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping are interested in this, because both are interested in the North Korean army gaining combat experience, because they are preparing for other wars and clashes.

A more realistic story would be the sending of North Korean laborers to the occupied territories of Ukraine; this has already been observed in 2022,” Kharitonov voiced. that this is cheap slave labor. However, such a course of events could create problems for Ukraine, because it is not ready to accept North Korean refugees so quickly. Kharitonov is confident that they will be one hundred percent in Ukraine; there are already many examples of these people trying to leave Russia to become refugees.

Russia is actively cooperating with autocracies

The President of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine urged not to entertain illusions that Russia is isolated, because at the same time it actively continues cooperation with autocracies that give it the opportunity to continue the war in Ukraine.

“There are many countries that are somewhere in the middle and also do a lot of evil, no longer working so much with Russia, as with its owner – China, which leads Putin and the Russian people by the hand so that they look somehow on the international stage,” Kharitonov summed up.

Briefly about Putin's visit to the DPRK

On June 18, Vladimir Putin arrived in the DPRK for the first time since 2000, where he met with dictator Kim Jong-un. They signed a “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement. Russia and North Korea are under sanctions. Together, the countries want to develop alternative trading systems to circumvent Western sanctions, and also support each other in case one of the countries is attacked.