Russia on Friday denied reports that its ports were intermediaries for banned North Korean coal exports, helping to disguise shipments of the sanctioned commodity to South Korea and Japan.
A Reuters report published earlier day cited unnamed "Western intelligence sources" and claimed North Korea sent coal to the Russian Far East before its re-export to other destinations.
Russia on Friday denied reports that its ports were intermediaries for banned North Korean coal exports, helping to disguise shipments of the sanctioned commodity to South Korea and Japan.
A Reuters report published earlier day cited unnamed "Western intelligence sources" and claimed North Korea sent coal to the Russian Far East before its re-export to other destinations.
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