March 29, 2024
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How an assertive Russia views the Korean Peninsula

Expert says Moscow may back Pyongyang in the event of conflict

Russia and Ukraine may have reached a deal to calm tensions that capped by Moscow’s invasion of the Crimean Peninsula, but Russia's actions show what lengths it will go to defend its interest, even in defiance of world opinion.

Would it be willing to do the same on the Korean Peninsula?

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