They dined on crab dumplings, fish and beef and washed it down with Russian wine. 

Vladimir Putin and the North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un toasted Russia’s “sacred struggle” with the West. 

So what deal did the leaders really strike during a rare meeting in Russia?

Today, defence strategist Samir Puri on the new era in the relationship between the two nations. 

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Dr Samir Puri, visiting lecturer in war studies at King’s College London and author of “Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine”.