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blood alliance
Coverage of blood alliance in the Nexus archive.
- What does North Korea get from its blossoming ties with Russia?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang. Observers describe this as strategic hedging, with Pyongyang-Moscow ties evolving beyond transactional to a military alliance while North Korea seeks to rekindle its traditional 'blood alliance' with China.