This international comment on Uncle Mu is to analyze Putin 's recent attitude towards South Korea.
On October 28, Putin publicly opposed any country's weapons to Ukraine, and it was unexpected to many people.
This country is South Korea.
He said that according to his understanding, South Korea has decided to provide weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. He believes this will undermine relations between Russia and South Korea.
And Putin also threatened South Korea with North Korea and said: If Russia and North Korea strengthen exchanges, what do South Korea think? Will you be happy?
North Korea is basically South Korea's fatal point. Once it is grasped, South Korea is likely to retreat. Only when Putin saw this did he need to "put precise pressure".
Why doesn’t Russia name the United States, Britain and Europe, but warns South Korea not to give Ukraine weapons? This is still very intriguing.
Mu Mu believes that there are two main reasons:
One reason is that the relationship between the West and Russia has basically broken down. Although
has not broken off diplomatic relations, in fact, various political and economic exchanges between the West and Russia are now at their lowest point in decades. The trend of confrontation between the two sides has formed, and nothing Russia says can no longer affect the policies of these countries towards Russia.
For example, during the Russian-Ukrainian War, the United States, Britain and EU were the three largest supporting Ukraine entities. Can Putin criticizing these countries by name on the forum make them not support Ukraine? Of course,
won't, and maybe they will even support more.
But it is different for South Korea. South Korea has a history of retreating after being intimidated by the outside world, which is completely different from Europe and the United States. So Russia has no way to attack the mainstream of the West, so it looked for South Korea, the non-mainstream of the West.
Another reason is that South Korea's diplomacy is erratic, giving Russia room to operate.
Although South Korea is a developed country, the country is not a member of the G7 of the Western G7, which means it has maintained a certain distance from mainstream Western countries.
At the same time, South Korea is also a country in Asia-Pacific region , and is deeply influenced by geopolitical in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Russia, North Korea.
Therefore, the country's diplomacy has been in a state of erratic and ambiguous. This has created a lot of space and conditions for Russia to put pressure on South Korea.
Why can't Putin put such pressure on Europe and the United States? It is because the sanctions and opposition from the United States and Europe against Russia are already a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. South Korea's attitude is ambiguous and there are many worries.
So, the hard-working South Korea has become the target of Russia's attack.
What should South Korea do when facing this situation?
South Korean media said that it is rare for Putin to directly name South Korea to warn when it comes to supporting Ukraine. Public opinion generally believes that we cannot show weakness to Russia, and South Korea should be tough this time.
One reason is that Russia and North Korea have had in-depth cooperation, and the security risks to South Korea have long existed, and Russia has no right to use North Korea to put pressure on South Korea.
Another reason is that although South Korea and Russia are close neighbors, they have fewer political and economic exchanges. There is nothing in South Korea that can be restricted by Russia.
Therefore, South Korean President Yoon Seo-yeol said in response to Putin's remarks that whether to provide weapons to Ukraine is a problem within South Korea's sovereignty.
This is equivalent to refuting Putin's statement. At the same time, Yoon Seo-yeol also said that South Korea and the international community have been providing humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and have not yet provided weapons of destruction.
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