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India's Modi meets with Russia in hopes of off-setting Chinese influence
India's leader Narendra Modi is in Russia with the aim to garner a more favorable position with the Putin regime. This is a strategic move to balance out Russia's perspective on its allies (particularly China).
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North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un can be considered a visionary. Expanding the nation's influence beyond his predecessors, what can also be noted is that during his tenure he's managed to get a respect from the West that past North Korean leaders could not attain. As a close friend of Russia, even establishing a reciprocal defense contract, Kim's next feat will be North Korea's BRICS membership confirmation. This move will bring his nation to a sure forefront within the context of economics and military influence.
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China, North Korea, Russia and why this bothers the West
A China, North Korea, Russia triumvirate has the West scrambling as all three possess not just nuclear capabilities but also could enforce an economic block that could humble NATO allies in Asia.
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An alliance to the death
This summer Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited Pyongyang to discuss a mutual defense pact that obligate his protection North Korea and vice versa should either of the two come under attack from NATO forces.