[AdmSmith]

In two articles published online this week, Moscow analyst Aleksandr Nemets details the evidence many have assembled showing that Moscow is heavily involved in both the rocket program of North Korea and Pyongyang's "aggressive plans" to use it against other countries.

It is absolutely essential, he says, that South Korea, Japan and the United States understand that everything that is now brewing in the region is what Moscow or more precisely Putin wants" and not some rogue action by Kim Jong Un as many imagine.

In the first of these articles, Nemets traces the history of Russian deliveries of missiles to North Korea in recent decades and the ways in which, apparently with some Russian assistance, Pyongyang has modified them, and then offers three main conclusions:

Second, he continues, "even this primitive result would have been impossible without very intensive Russian assistance, especially in 2015-2016. Why did Moscow feel compelled to provide this? Obviously not for money. Beyond any doubt, Moscow's goal was the infliction of maximum harm on America."

Nemets argues that the North Korean actions happened precisely as Russian-American relations were deteriorating, when Moscow's expectations for a new deal with Donald Trump were replaced by a recognition that Washington was going to take a hard line against Russia for its interference in American elections and its aggression in Ukraine.

[AdmSmith]

The translation:
http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/09/09/moscow-analyst-russia-has-made-north-koreas-rocket-program-possible-euromaidan-press/

Original Russian links:
http://kasparov.ru/material.php?id=59AD9D48C5F93

http://kasparov.ru/material.php?id=59B19008494AB

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yeah a blackmail. We’ll sic the ronery goon on you so you can’t ignore us.

Well, that’s wicked and ultimately stupid.