Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions ⠀

“For the past seven years, Pyongyang has had to pay a high premium for the oil products it needs, as it relied on a complex and expensive network of criminal brokers and mid-sea ship-to-ship transfers,” said Go.

“But now, it appears it has secured a steady supply of oil either at a heavy discount or as direct payment for the munitions it is supplying to Moscow,” he added. “That is going to free up resources for North Korea’s armed forces and its nuclear weapons programme.”

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    • Salph@infosec.pub
      213·
      3 months ago

      So are you concerned about the people in the DPRK then? You realize sanctions do nothing but harm those people right?

      Or do you think the supposed dictators of the country would take the damage from the sanctions instead of pushing it onto the working class population?

      • Crikeste@lemm.ee
        131·
        3 months ago

        They do realize sanctions do nothing but harm.

        That’s their cruel point.