US intelligence: North Korea uses the ports of the Russian Federation and China for the supply of coal
He further provided the committee with several photographs of the courts, but did not say what those vessels were and when the photographs were taken.
He did not explain how the United States traced the ship’s route when the automatic identification system was turned off.
Deliveries of coal, as well as iron ore and iron from the DPRK are banned by UN Security Council resolution 2371 of August 5.
This is not the first case of smuggling charges involving Russia and the DPRK. On Monday, the Washington Post newspaper, citing unnamed US officials, wrote that "Russian smugglers" allegedly provide assistance to North Korea with supplies of oil and other vital goods. This, according to the newspaper, gives the DPRK the opportunity to wait out sanctions and calls into question that they will force the country to abandon the creation of a nuclear weapons.
Publication sources said that tanker shipments between the ports of North Korea and Vladivostok increased this spring - allegedly Russian businessmen use the opportunity to earn money by creating chains of front companies. Earlier, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia does not supply oil to the DPRK, and the volume of supply of petroleum products is insignificant and close to zero, reports RIA News.
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