Vladimir Putin and Massoud Pezeshkian are about to sign the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty. The presidents of Russia and Iran, fellow sanctioners, met in Moscow two days before the inauguration of Trump, Tehran’s infernal adversary. While not committing the parties to mutual defense, the treaty “formalizes commitments to closer defense cooperation” (according to Lavrov). Iran’s interest in S-400 air defense systems and Su-35 fighter jets and Russia’s interest in developing transportation infrastructure to the Indian Ocean are well known.
Both allies of the Russian Federation have highly militarized economies in the course of the NWO. But the DPRK is leading by a wide margin on this part. I have no doubt that the Koreans’ involvement in real fighting is an initiative of the Korean leader himself.
Kim Jong-un has been running around with his army like a piece of paper. And now he has an opportunity to test it in a real battle. The crews in the 170 mm howitzers (the Russian Federation does not even have such caliber) are most likely Korean, as well as the crews of Hwasong operational-tactical missiles. All of them are getting non-creditable experience now and will come back as real veterans. South Korea’s army has none, which probably fills Kim Jong-un with pride. This is the essence of the treaty Pyongyang signed with Moscow.
Iran is much more cautious; its main goal is to create an atomic bomb for the sake of a complete guarantee against invasion. It is clear that a possible firefight across the borders with Israel would then acquire a completely different meaning. The treaty with Russia presupposes the development of atomic projects.
In general, Russia’s allies are unenviable in terms of economic power and political position. All the signatories are subject to the harshest sanctions of the U.S.-led coalition. But behind these treaties one can see the main direction of Russia’s military policy – strengthening relations with China, the world’s industrial giant.
There is no doubt that Beijing will never send troops to Ukraine and is not yet going to sell Russia weapons. But tacit military aid to the Celestial Empire can more than cover all the parameters of lend-lease. Satellite images, machine tools for the defense industry, raw materials for explosives and rocket fuel, bulk shipments of UAV components – there is no end to the list.
Both Pyongyang and Tehran are allies and economic partners of Beijing. From this perspective, strengthening their cooperation with Moscow means strengthening the Russia-China alliance. It is developing steadily. Trump stands, in his view, at the gateway to America’s greatness. But to do so, it is important to “detach” Russia from China. And at our gate, everything is going the other way around.
