... result, a more substantial revision of Moscow’s policy toward Pyongyang is expected from the Russian president’s visit to North Korea. The most radical forecasts concern the legitimization of military or military-technological cooperation and, more importantly, Russia’s withdrawal from the regime of international sanctions against the DPRK. As preliminary steps in this direction, Western experts
refer
to Russia’s position in the UN Security Council, where ...
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... there is no direct evidence of DPRK's involvement in such operations (regardless of the investigations by California detectives and the decisions of local US courts) [
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], we can talk about a new and increasingly important method of earning for the DPRK, which allows to avoid financial sanctions and earn income through channels that are more difficult to track and that are less amenable to state control and regulation.
Alexander Mamaev:
North Korea's Cyber
The activities of foreign representatives of the DPRK banks have not been stopped. They still play an active role in brokerage networks for organizing cargo ship-to-ship transfers and for other operations using intermediaries from ...
... Korean issue could well lead to further attempts by the Americans to press Beijing. The goal is to adjust its policy towards the DPRK, to force China to abandon North Korea's support or to increase pressure on it. Therefore, the new Chinese companies and citizens may be added to the blacklist. And Russians may be there along with them.
How likely is the escalation of US sanctions? What is the difference between sanctions against China and sanctions against Russia? How far will Washington go?
The ...
