Putin on the refusal to recognize Western sanctions against the DPRK: “We oppose the practice of applying politically motivated sanctions and restrictions. These illegitimate actions only undermine the global political and economic system. Despite external pressure, our countries are successfully developing on a sovereign and independent basis. We will provide each other with all possible support as true friends and good neighbors. We will also continue to oppose the very practice of sanctions strangulation as a tool that the West is accustomed to using in order to maintain its hegemony in politics, economics and other areas. "The allies' unlimited restrictive regime of the UN Security Council regarding the DPRK must be revised. The propaganda cliches...