Russia Predicting ‘Catastrophic’ Events in North Korea

Woah. I really hope this is just classic Russian pessimism, but given the brinkmanship that North Korea seems to be playing, I wouldn’t doubt the veracity of this statement:

A top Russian Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying yesterday in Tokyo that a “catastrophic” development of events in the US-North Korean nuclear standoff was imminent and could occur within the next day.

“It is probable that, as early as tomorrow, there will be a catastrophic development of events,” Itar-Tass quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov as saying.

He added that the standoff had “reached an extreme stage” but did not give a more detailed explanation about his warning.