There's a popular expression in Finland that best characterizes Russian President Vladimir Putin's national security strategy: 'Hata ei lue lakia' -- 'In desperate times, law does not matter.'
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine war illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington TimesThere’s a popular expression in Finland that best characterizes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s national security strategy: “Hata ei lue lakia” — “In desperate times, law does not matter.”
Deceased Wagner Group mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin exposed Mr. Putin’s lies about the ill-fated decision to invade Ukraine. After launching a failed mutiny, he paid for his candor with his life. That’s not the best look for an autocrat like Mr. Putin, who seeks to portray himself as a strongman, showing off his judo skills, playing ice hockey and riding bare-chested on horseback.
But most important, Mr. Putin hopes to pressure South Korea not to send arms to Ukraine by using North Korea as a proxy to dial up the cost of interfering in Russia’s military plans for Kyiv. The relationship has already paid dividends: In March, Moscow vetoed a U.N. resolution to renew monitoring of North Korea’s violations of Security Council sanctions. Russia’s newly signed mutual assistance treaty with North Korea will only encourage Mr. Kim to engage in even more provocative military action against South Korea and the U.S., increasing the risk of a perilous miscalculation on the divided, heavily armed peninsula.
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