Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part interview with former Russian senior diplomat Georgy Toloraya on North Korea sanctions and his time on the U.N. Panel of Experts on the DPRK. The first part can be read here. 

Russia made a mistake when it agreed to impose sanctions on North Korea that went beyond specifically targeting its nuclear weapons program to include missiles and overseas workers, Russia’s former member to the U.N. Panel of Experts told NK News.

Georgy Toloraya, who served as Russia’s expert on the Panel of Experts on North Korea from 2019 until its