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On November 24, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS, Republic of Korea) held a conference on “Russia — South Korea: Dialogue in an Era of Uncertainty.” On November 24, 2025, the Russian International ...
... still remains modest in absolute terms: in 2023 it amounted to only $ 35 million, and this year it may reach USD 50 million or sightly more than that. Economic cooperation between the two nations has its natural limits since the national economies of Russia and DPRK do not quite compliment each other, like, for instance, national economies of Russia and China. North Korea can offer coal, seafood, metals and other commodities that Russia itself has in abundance. A deeper industrial collaboration in machine-tool ...
... worked hard on the issue in the UN Security Council. However, multilateral diplomacy, as well as the unilateral policy of containment by the United States and its allies, failed to prevent the DPRK from acquiring nuclear weapons. The third factor is the DPRK and Russia’s resistance to sanctions. North Korea has been subject to total trade and financial restrictions by the United States since the 1950s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, American sanctions were eased, although a significant portion of them were ...
... inter-Korean relations should be a matter of our concern only if the prospect of their degradation into a direct conflict becomes real. For now, given North Korea’s strong defense capabilities and the security guarantees outlined in the new treaty with Russia, such a prospect seems unlikely. 1 . K.V. Babaev, S.G. Luzyanin. A Pivot to the East. Moscow: ICCA RAS, 2024, p.135 2 . External Policy Office of DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Press Statement // Rodong Sinmun , 02.07.2024
... War Never Ended in Asia Yet the most important document by far is the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation , which, judging by Vladimir Putin’s article titled Russia and the DPRK: Traditions of Friendship and Cooperation Through the Years and published in North Korea’s primary newspaper Rodong Sinmun, is asserted as a vital pillar in shaping a new world order built on justice, as opposed to the U.S. “rules-based order,...
... been investing in attempts to create appropriate infrastructure organized according to European standards. The first group of tourists has already started visiting the DPRK, and if the “first pancake” is not a blob, more tourists will flock to the DPRK from Russia than even from China, as the Chinese have not been visiting Pyongyang too eagerly, despite the fact that the tourist cluster in Wonsan and the modernized cluster in the Kumgang Mountains were originally intended for them. Finally, cooperation in ...
... RIAC Director General, held a virtual meeting with Lee Sok-bae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia On June 10, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held a virtual meeting with Lee Sok-bae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia. The discussion focused on the recent suspension of dialog between the Republic of Korea and the DPRK at the initiative of the North Korean side. Other discussion points included possible motives of the North Korean leadership, as well as the potential consequences of this decision for the situation on the peninsula and in North-East Asia as a whole....
... sanctions over the chemical incidents (Syria and Skripal), citing the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991. However, in September and October, the US and the EU have adopted at least three important documents on Russia, including two Executive Orders by the President of the United States (Nos. 13848 and 13849) and the European Council Decision on chemical weapons (2018/1544). The markets have seemed not to even notice these documents. Yet, they may eventually ...
... workers and educates dozens of DPRK’s future leaders. In May 2014, Moscow wrote off North Korean debt to Russia and the two countries signed an agreement hinting at a departure from the US dollar as an accounting currency. All transactions between Russia and the DPRK would now be in Russian rubles. Besides, in 2017 Russian company TransTeleCom laid an alternative fiber-optic Internet cable to North Korea. Increasing cooperation with all states in the region is in the framework of what is deemed as Russia’s ...
US Antipathy to Inter-Korean Rapprochement and Russia’s Role in Conflict Prevention Thanks to the “New Year’s” initiatives of Kim Jong-un – to which South Korean Moon Jae-in responded for his own reasons – significant progress was made in the inter-Korean dialogue at the highest level ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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