Russia is keen to seek new ways to avoid sanctions violations while boosting trade with North Korea,Far East development ministry chief Alexander Kozlov was quoted as having said Wednesday during an annual bilateral trade and cooperation conference in Moscow.
The two sides are actively engaging on ways to settle transactions “of goods that are not prohibited” in rubles to avoid violating UN and U.S. sanctions, Kozlov said in comments carried by Russia's Interfax News Agency.
Russia is keen to seek new ways to avoid sanctions violations while boosting trade with North Korea,Far East development ministry chief Alexander Kozlov was quoted as having said Wednesday during an annual bilateral trade and cooperation conference in Moscow.
The two sides are actively engaging on ways to settle transactions “of goods that are not prohibited” in rubles to avoid violating UN and U.S. sanctions, Kozlov said in comments carried by Russia's Interfax News Agency.
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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.