Contents tagged with sanctions on North Korea
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Russia imposes sanctions against North Korea
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree adopting UN Security Council Resolution 2321in Russia. The decree was published on the official portal of legal information.
“In accordance with the adopted resolution, in order to suppress the development and supply of resources to the forbidden programs in North Korea, additional international sanctions are being imposed that limit cooperation with that country in the areas of military technology, economic trade, finance, transport and education,” the …
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US to strengthen sectoral sanctions against Russia
The United States considers further strengthening of sanctions against the energy and banking sectors of the Russian economy, which were imposed for its aggression against Ukraine, as stated by the US Treasury, Radio Liberty reports.In a month, on November 28th, restrictions will be imposed on the terms for financing Russian companies under sanctions by the US legal entities or individuals, as well as from within the United States.
For Russian companies in the energy sector, the time during …
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Kremlin: Russia will not allow the U.S. to control its ports
The Chairman of the International Committee of the Russian Duma, Leonid Slutsky, has stated that Moscow would not allow Washington to control Russian ports.
According to Interfax news agency, the senator called the bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on strengthening trade sanctions against North Korea , which stipulates a demand for control of Russian ports in the Far East, “outrageous”.
He called the document a violation of the principles of international law, and a gross …
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Kremlin called US decision to monitor Russia’s ports ‘a step towards war’
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of the Russian Parliament) Konstantin Kosachev said that the US bill which requires the monitoring of Russian ports to enforce the sanctions on North Korea can be equated to “a declaration of war”, RIA Novosti reports.
"This Bill, I hope, will never be implemented, because it assumes a forceful inspection of all ships by American navy”, he stated.
Kosachev stressed that “such a scenario is unthinkable …