North Korea's Internet Remains Unstable As Russia Voices Support

The internet connection in North Korea continued to suffer into Friday of this week, with several websites, including the national media group, failing to get online.

The poor connectivity of North Korea's internet comes after a massive Sony Pictures cyber hack in the U.S. that the FBI traced back to North Korea.

Friday marked the fourth day of interruptions for North Korea's internet, leading some to speculate that the isolated Asian country's recent attack was a form of retribution from the U.S. following the Sony Pictures hack.

President Barack Obama said in a statement last week that the U.S. will "respond proportionally" to the recent security leak, that resulted in thousands of personal emails from Sony Pictures being leaked to the public, as well as terrorist threats toward U.S. theaters showing the movie "The Interview," a comedy that follows the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Russia recently offered its support to North Korea following U.S. allegations that the Asian country was behind the attack, saying that U.S. claims were unfounded and a U.S. response to the attack was "counterintuitive."

At a press conference, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that "the concept of the movie is so aggressive and scandalous, that the reaction of the North Korean side, and not just it, is quite understandable."

"We perceive the U.S. threats to take revenge and calls on other nations to condemn the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as absolutely counterproductive and dangerous, as they only would add tensions to the already difficult situation on the Korean Peninsula and could lead to further escalation of conflict," Lukashevich added.