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Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet this week

U.S. officials announced last week that the two leaders would meet in Vladivostok, as Russian President Putin seeks more arms to supply his war in Ukraine.

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Kremlin confirms Putin meeting as Kim reportedly boards armoured train

West fears North Korea plans to supply Moscow with weapons to use in war against Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war turns the tables as Russia seeks help from North Korea

Kim Jong-un’s grandfather founded North Korea with the backing of the Soviet Union, and was heavily reliant on its aid for decades

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Nine hundred people killed or injured by Russian cluster bombs in Ukraine, says monitor; Zelenskiy visits Bakhmut – as it happened

Russian use of widely banned weapons accelerates casualty figures, report says; Ukraine president discusses provision of artillery shells and missiles

The Guardian - AU

Kim Jong-un to hold weapons talks with Putin after ‘travelling to Russia in armoured train’

Visit highlights just how much the two leaders now need each other

The Independent UK

Kim Jong-un to meet Putin in Russia for talks on supplying weapons

North Korean and Russian leaders expected to discuss military cooperation in Vladivostok

The Guardian - UK

Russia extends detention of US consular worker by 3 months

A Russian court has extended by three months the detention of a former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok on charges of cooperating with a foreign state

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Territorial dispute between China and Russia risks clouding friendly future

Despite the public image of cordiality presented by China and Russia, some observers suggest the friendship is on fragile foundations. Xi Jinping is visiting Moscow this week in a show of solidarity with Vladimir Putin. However, a background dispute over territory in east Siberia could dangerously undo the comprehensive strategic…

Radio France Internationale

Mystery as Vladimir Putin's crony colonel found dead in his office in Russia

Vladimir Putin's colonel, Vadim Boyko, 44, was shot five times and killed in a mystery ‘assassination’ in his office in Vladivostok, Russia - as initial reports claimed that it was a ‘suicide’

Daily Mirror

Viral video of Kim Jong-un meeting Vladimir Putin is actually from 2019

Twitter users have been sharing a video that they claim shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Moscow on September 30. However, it turns out the video was filmed in Vladivostok in April 2019 during the only official meeting between these two heads of state.

France 24

Explainer-Putin and North Korea's Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for "crushing the challenges and threats of the United States", the latest sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states.

Reuters

Government to retaliate by expelling Russian consul from Japan

Tokyo is making arrangements to expel a Russian consul in retaliation for Moscow doing the same to a Japanese consul in Vladivostok.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese consul in Vladivostok leaves Russia

A Japanese consul in Vladivostok who was detained by the Russian government and ordered to leave the country left Russia on Wednesday, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia

Tokyo demands apology from Moscow after diplomat subjected to ‘coercive interrogation’ in Vladivostok

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Al Jazeera

Japan lodges protest after Russia detains diplomat in Vladivostok

Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was released after a few hours and ordered to leave the country.

Radio France Internationale

Ticking timebomb as Russia continues to occupy swathes of Chinese territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet China's Xi Jinping Thursday for the first time since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia and China share a strong bond, facing off against the West, but the friendship is threatened by the unresolved issue of 600,000 square kilometres of Chinese territory near Vladivostok,…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Give Ukraine what it needs to win

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a gathering in Vladivostok last week that his country had “not lost anything and will not lose anything.” He may be less certain of decisive victory today.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin warns West could be cut off from Russian energy supply if prices are capped

Addressing the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok the Russian leader reaffirms his commitment to Crimea while Ukraine ramps up offensives in the region.

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Reuters

Putin speaks at forum in Russia's Far East region

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed participants of an economic forum in the eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Putin meets Myanmar junta chief, hails 'positive' ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed "positive" ties with Myanmar on Wednesday as he met with the country's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok.

Reuters

Russia is gaining from conflict in Ukraine, Putin says

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had gained, not lost, from the conflict in Ukraine because it was embarking on a new sovereign path that would restore its global clout.

Bangkok Post

Thanks to Gorbachev, SE Asia found peace

Lest we forgot, President Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who was the game changer in bringing an end to the Cambodian conflict. Southeast Asia owes him for giving peace a chance during the most turbulent time in this part of the world. The global media has widely credited him…

Irish Mirror

Daughter of major Vladimir Putin ally 'blown to pieces' in car bomb meant for her father

Dugin has previously called for Russia to 'rule from Dublin to Vladivostok'

Irish Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'wants to build pro-Russia empire from Vladivostok to Portugal', warns security expert

Dmitry Medvedev also said Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine was undertaken in a bid to "demilitarise" and "de-Nazify" the country

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'wants to build pro-Russia empire from Vladivostok to Portugal'

World leaders are calling for President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes but experts are concerned these horrors could continue as the despot pushes forward with a grander plan to build a sprawling empire

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