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US blacklists Russian shippers for NKorea violations
« on: August 21, 2018, 03:38:26 pm »
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US blacklists Russian shippers for NKorea violations

The US Treasury on Tuesday slapped punitive sanctions on two Russian shipping firms and six Russian-flagged vessels for violating economic sanctions on North Korea.

The Treasury said Primorye Maritime Logistics Co. and Gudzon Shipping Co. own a tanker, the M/V Patriot, which conducted ship-to-ship transfers of oil to North Korea tankers twice earlier this year.

That violated a UN-backed embargo on doing business with North Korea (DPRK), part of an effort to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-blacklists-russian-shippers-for-nkorea-violations/ar-BBMe670