The United States imposed sanctions against four Russians for cooperation with the DPRK

The US Treasury included the Moscow company Hephaestus, as well as four individuals - Russian citizens in a sanctions list for cooperation with the DPRK. This was reported on the website of the department.

From individuals, the director of Hephaestus Ruben Kirakosyan, Executive Director of the Singapore company Velmur Management Irina Khuish, an employee of the Singapore Transatlatic Partners, as well as Mikhail Pisklin, who entered into fuel supply with DAESONG Credit Development Bank previously included in the sanctions list.

“Hephaestus” and personally Kirakosyan are accused of supporting Korea Tangun Trading Corporation, which is involved in the implementation of the Nuclear and missile programs of the DPRK. Velmur, Transatlantic and Personally Huish and Serbina, like Pisklin, was involved in ensuring the North Korean oil regime.

The list also includes firms from China and Namibia, as well as citizens of China and DPRK.

“It is unacceptable that private individuals and companies in China, Russia and anywhere else provide North Korea with the opportunity to receive income that are spent on developing weapons of mass destruction and destabilization of the situation in the region,” emphasized the head of the US Ministry of Finance Stephen Menushin. “We act in accordance with the UN sanctions (against the DPRK. - Ed.) In order to demonstrate that support for northern northern Korea in violation of these sanctions will entail consequences, and to prevent such violations in the future. "

In recent years, the UN has imposed a number of sanctions against the DPRK in connection with Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear program. The latter for today was adopted on August 5 in response to two launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles carried out by North Korea in the previous month. It prohibits the UN members to import coal, iron, iron ore, lead and seafood from the DPRK, hire new workers from North Korea and open new joint ventures with this country. The US State Department noted that this would reduce the annual profit of the DPRK from exports from 3 to $ 2 billion a year.