The United States can accuse Russia of financial and nuclear cooperation with the DPRK

The American Research Center on the problems of non -extension has released a report that states that the DPRK authorities, using private Russian companies, supply ballistic missiles to third countries, in particular to Iran, Syria and Pakistan.

This statement sounded against the backdrop of a flared scandal related to the fact that the Kim Jong Ira regime bypassing American sanctions transferred a significant part of his bank accounts to Russia. Similar accusations against Moscow, which are so far made by American non -governmental organizations, can become a prelude to the next exacerbation of relations between Russia and the USA, the Kommersant newspaper said.

Only state banks of Russia can cooperate with Pyongyan in the financial sector. "Like any Russian bank, we can only keep the accounts of residents. In this regard, the assumption about the possible transfer to one of the banks of the Russian Federation of the DPRK government or state -owned companies not accredited in Russia is at least absurd," a source in one of the state banks said.

True, the DPRK could well use an account, for example, the DPRK embassy in Moscow to transfer its avuars. If so, then North Korean money may be in Vneshotorgbank (VTB), which traditionally serves the accounts of foreign diplomatic mission in Moscow. In VTB, this assumption was refused to comment, the newspaper writes.

The second possible candidate for the receipt of North Korean assets could be Vnesheconombank (VEB), whose competence includes the maintenance of intergovernmental agreements. It is no secret that in the mid-1980s the intergovernmental agreement was concluded with the DPRK. The VEB, as follows from the decree signed by the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin No. 621 of June 12, 1992, conducted "calculations on the objects of technical assistance and military-technical cooperation" with this country. As the newspaper managed to find out, since then the VEB has several accounts in the Pyongyansky Foreign Trade Bank of the Dprk.

The head of the authoritative international non -governmental organization of International Crisis Group Peter Bek has good reason to say that Washington will soon need to abandon financial cooperation with Pyongyang. At the end of last week, the US Department of Finance announced that from now on, "all the DPRK accounts in foreign banks would be the object of the most close attention and control from the United States." “Given the fact that the regime is engaged in the fake of the American currency, drug smuggling and uses accounts around the world for transactions related to the spread of the OMU, the line between legal and illegal North Korean money is practically invisible,” Stuart Levy deputy Minister of Finance explained these measures.

Thus, the US administration made it clear that she would achieve freezing of absolutely all Pyongyang's accounts abroad. Moreover, Washington has been conducting money for money for the money of the North Korean regime, the publication points out.

Transfer of missile technologies

The US suspicions against Russia will probably intensify even after the report of the research center based on the issues of non-proliferation, which, in fact, accuses Moscow of promoting the transfer of missile technology not only the DPRK, but also other factory states.

The main thesis of the report of the American Center was the assertion that recently North Korea has reached significant progress in the field of missile technology, "which would be impossible without help from the outside." According to the Americans, Pyongyan is primarily provided by Russian experts working both in Russia and in the DPRK, the newspaper writes.

It is noteworthy that on Monday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld, while in Alaska, made a statement that the American system about at the moment could not protect the United States from North Korean missiles . "We need a comprehensive demonstration of the capabilities of the pro, during which the entire system will be tested entirely, and we will see whether it will succeed in the destruction of ammunition in flight," Ramsfeld said.