Editor’s note: This is the third article in a multipart series examining the history of North Korea’s relationship with the Soviet Union and Russia and what it reveals about bilateral ties today.

Moscow has made a show of sidling up next to North Korea this year, but that doesn’t mean the ordinary Russian citizen is on board.

Russian parents, for instance, expressed concern that their kids might be sent to DPRK children’s camps when the two sides discussed the possibility of exchanges in September, and locals in a Russian Far East city were less than thrilledwhen Kim Jong Un’s