Putin: North Korea sanctions 'useless'
New sanctions against North Korea would be "useless" and "ineffective", Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian President said imposing tougher sanctions on the regime of Kim Jong Un over its nuclear missile programme would not change the leadership in Pyongyang, but could lead to large-scale human suffering. Speaking after a BRICS summit in China, Mr Putin, while condemning North Korea's actions as "provocative", also warned against further ramping up military hysteria, saying it could lead to "global catastrophe".
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