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U. S. blacklists Russian, Chinese companies for breaking North Korea embargo

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The U. S. Treasury announced sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies Wednesday for violating the economic embargo on North Korea as Washington seeks to keep pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear program. The Treasury accused China-based Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co and its Singapore-based affiliate,
The U. S. Treasury announced sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies Wednesday for violating the economic embargo on North Korea as Washington seeks to keep pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
The Treasury accused China-based Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co and its Singapore-based affiliate, SINSMS Pte, of falsifying documents to facilitate shipments of alcohol and cigarettes to North Korea.
Those shipments helped fuel what the Treasury alleged was a huge “illicit” cigarette trade earning the Pyongyang regime $1 billion a year.
It also blacklisted Russia-based Profinet Pte for violating U. N. sanctions by providing port services like loading and refueling to sanctioned North Korean-flagged ships at three eastern Russia ports.
Also named was Profinet director general Vasili Aleksandrovich Kolchanov, whom the Treasury said “was personally involved” in deals with the North Koreans.

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