At the White House, the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang and the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un were termed an expansion of the partnership, states Michael Carpenter, Senior Director for European Affairs at the US National Security Council. Regarding the meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang and all the pomp and splendor reflecting the totalitarian nature of the regime in North Korea, Carpenter said, “It is obvious that this is about expanding partnership.” This also indicates where Russia s…