How Putin and Kim Throw Down a Challenge to US Hegemony

How Putin and Kim Throw Down a Challenge to US Hegemony

Sputnik

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un held extensive talks on Wednesday. Dr. Kiyul Chung explained to Sputnik why the meeting of Putin and Kim is nothing short of historic.

The Russian and North Korean leaders met on September 13 at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian space port in the Amur region.

Per Dr. Chung, the idea to hold the meeting at Russia's spaceport symbolizes the two nations' future collaboration in the field of space exploration and other high-end technologies despite pressure from the West.

"Both DPRK and Russia are facing all sorts of threats from the already-collapsed 'five century-long West-dominated unipolar power'. One of the threats they've had forcibly imposed is the very existence of both of their nations," the scholar continued.

During the meeting, Kim reiterated his support for Moscow's special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, stressing that "the DPRK will always stand with Russia in the fight against imperialism,"a clear reference to NATO's proxy war in Eastern Europe. The DPRK chairman pointed out that he and his Russian counterpart will build "stable, future-oriented and long-term relations" between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Furthermore, the summit is openly challenging the West's illegal sanctions, according to the scholar.

Per Dr. Chung, "the Kim-Putin summit first and foremost apparently intends to nullify, pacify, or ruin whatever attempts the US-led suicidal nuclear war games, specifically both in Korean Peninsula and Ukraine."

"Today's summit in Russia is the defiant denunciation, disregard, and complete rejection of illegal economic sanctions regimes of all sorts the US-led unipolar imperial powers have unilaterally wielded for decades. By the way, the latter Russia is one of the latest and by far 'the most far-reaching' cases. According to the most recent news reports about the US/West-led UN sanctions against DPRK, Russia apparently intends to dismantle the [sanctions] regime by strengthening both nations' economic cooperation at all levels," Chung said.

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