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Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne was the Data and Analytic Director at NK News. Follow him on twitter.
Moscow on Thursday reacted to new U.S. sanctions against a Russian company and individual, with the country's foreign ministry issuing a statement calling them "destructive".
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the new designations which targeted a shipping and port logistics company working in the country's Far East and its director, for continuing to provide services to sanctioned North Korean oil tankers.