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still_one

(95,257 posts)
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:03 AM Apr 2018

While peace between North and South Korea would be welcome indeed, I cannot help but wonder if Putin [View all]

has his hand in this somehow, with the hope of moving the focus away from Trump and Russia, along with trying to get the U.S. military presence removed from the Korean peninsula as part of the negotiations.

While it can be argued that this speculation could fall into the category of conspiracy theory, it may not be as far fetched as some may think:

http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence-sources-russia-helping-north-korea-evade-sanctions-2018-1

http://www.newsweek.com/how-russia-helped-north-korea-build-bombs-could-start-world-war-iii-762587

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