Vladimir Putin has invited Kim Jong Un to visit Russia

Vladimir Putin has invited Kim Jong Un to visit Russia
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Hours before the FBI announced that North Korea was to blame for threats made by hackers against Sony Pictures, a Kremlin spokesman confirmed that Kim Jong Un had been invited to Moscow.

"Yes, such an invitation was sent," Dmitry Peskov elaborated to Russian news agency TASS on Friday morning.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.