Russia and North Korea may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, just before the U.S. presidential elections scheduled for early November, according to the American media outlet NBC News. According to American media, U.S. officials are preparing for North Korea to potentially engage in its most provocative military actions in the last decade before these U.S. elections. Several high-ranking American officials told reporters that Pyongyang is likely to do this at the insistence of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to them, the timing of the provocation may be design…