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And why would a meeting offer a boost for both the Russian leader and his North Korean counterpart?
It comes a year after Moscow broke international law by declaring parts of Ukraine as Russian land.
Vladimir Putin wants to avoid mobilising his own population as presidential elections loom.
Convictions for refusing to obey orders are reportedly running at 100 soldiers a week.
Even those in the junior ranks are now earning more than twice the average workers' salary.
Experts have been theorising about Wagner chief's alleged demise and why it may have happened.
There was no overt celebration to mark 32 years of freedom from the Soviet Union.
The Wagner chief's supposed demise is shrouded in mystery.
A second of very public forgetfulness worked against the Russian president this week.
The former president seemed to jest about skipping the country while griping about a $200,000 bond he faces for his criminal case in Georgia.