USA sanctioned this Thursday five entities and one person for their involvement in illicit payment mechanisms between Russia y North Korea for the benefit of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
The five sanctioned entities and one individual are based in Russia or the occupied territories of Georgia y South Ossetia.
The US executive has targeted banks MRB, Russian Financial Corporation Bank (RFC), Timer Bank and TSMRBank, the company Stroytreyd and the vice president of TSMRBank, Dmitry Yuryevich Nikulinthe Treasury Department said.
The State Department added that the sanctions expose and target networks that facilitate the financing of North Korea’s illegal weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs and that support Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine.
The spokesman for that cabinet, Matthew Millernoted that the sanctions reflect how the Russian regime Vladimir Putin is using illicit networks to allow states like North Korea to access the international banking system in violation of financial sanctions set by the United Nations Security Council.
Russia has become increasingly dependent on North Korea as it faces mounting battlefield losses and increasing international isolation, he noted, and the growing cooperation between the two countries directly threatens international security and the global financial system.
As a result of the sanctions, the properties and assets of these persons or entities in the United States are blocked, and Americans are prohibited from having transactions with them. EFE (I)
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