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N. Korea sanctions: Russia ponders retaliatory measures against US
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IANS | 17 Aug, 2018
Russia was considering its response on Thursday to the US' expansion of
sanctions against Moscow companies over their links to North Korea, the
country's deputy Foreign Minister said.
Sergey Ryabkov told the
state news agency Interfax that the new sanctions imposed on the Russian
company Profinet and its general manager Vasily Kolchanov for allegedly
facilitating the delivery of illicit shipments to the North Korean
regime "lacked any basis".
"Regarding Profinet and Kolchanov, the
restrictions were applied as the US tends to do now, without presenting
any evidence and on the basis of empty and groundless accusations,"
Ryabkov said. "Russian leaders will decide on possible measures in
response to this."
He added that the result of the US broadening
"anti-Russian" sanctions due to "pressure by the elites" would be the
degradation of bilateral relations, "but Washington doesn't care about
this prospect", Efe news reported.
"We proceed from the inevitability of a constant expansion of US sanctions," the Kremlin's number two diplomat said.
The
US Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned Profinet and Kolchanov
for allegedly "providing port services on at least six occasions to
North Korean-flagged ships", while also slapping restrictions on the
Chinese firm Dalian Sun Moon Star and its Singapore-based affiliate,
SINSMS, for the sale of cigarettes and alcohol to Pyongyang.
"Treasury
will continue to implement existing sanctions on North Korea and will
take action to block and designate companies, ports and vessels that
facilitate illicit shipments and provide revenue streams to North
Korea," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said.
The department
also accused Kolchanov of being personally involved in the North Korean
deals and interacting directly with representatives of the East Asian
country's regime.
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