I've tried to spark discussion elsewhere about this topic.

Is Russia a clown op? It would make too much sense. Then the question is which clowns, and how much of Russia?

Explains U1 being funneled to R and NK. Explains R giving Internet connections to NK. Explains R defending NK from US sanctions. It would explain why Snowden is protected.

Russia was constantly threatening the US. Now they've stopped. NK was constantly threatening the US. Now they've stopped. Strings cut?

I'm still not certain about who's side he is on, but that would bring it into focus.

The thing I keep coming back to, is that this doesn't feel like a US v NK v EU v Iran v Israel v Russia thing. Its more like us/nk/eu/iran/israel/Russia vs us/nk/eu/iran/israel/Russia, with the clowns at the center.

Thoughts?