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Published on: 17. September 2023

Putin and Kim: new best friends irritate Beijing

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un display friendship and unity – without China. Both aim to reduce their dependence on Beijing. And each needs precisely what the other has. Together with China, the three countries form an anti-Western bloc. But their interests do not coincide.

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