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Russia’s Putin arrives in North Korea for rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens
CNN By Simone McCarthy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in North Korea for a rare visit that signals the two countries’ deepening alignment and Moscow’s need to source weapons from Pyongyang to sustain its war on Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally greeted Putin at the
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