North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time this week at a symbolic summit hoping to project himself as a serious world player but likely to come away without the relief he seeks from crushing sanctions.
Reuters: Putin-Kim summit sends message to US but sanctions relief elusive for N. Korea
This combination of files pictures made on April 18, 2019, shows portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) taken on December 31, 2014 in Moscow, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un taken on February 27, 2019 in Hanoi. - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia for talks with Vladimir Putin this month, the Kremlin said on April 18, 2019, as tensions between Washington and Pyongyang spiked higher.
