But Putin, at this stage, likely sees challenging US influence in Asia, by bolstering North Korea, as a bigger priority.

But Putin, at this stage, likely sees challenging US influence in Asia, by bolstering North Korea, as a bigger priority.



 This is particularly jarring given Russia's membership of the UN Security Council, and its role in imposing waves of sanctions aimed at cutting off North Korea's nuclear program.

"The demise of the post-cold war world and the return of bloc mentality tend to encourage these kinds of realignments," wrote Sergey Radchenk a professor at the Henry A Kissinger Center, in The Guardian.

"The elephant in the room is Pyongyang's longtime sponsor China, which has also been drawing closer to Russia by the logic of its own deepening conflict with the US. The last time these three countries were on the same wavelength was in the late 1940s to early 1950s, which cannot be described as a happy time for north-east Asia."

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