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Reuters: Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea - sources
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state.
The sales of oil or oil products from Russia, the world’s second biggest oil exporter and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council, breach U.N. sanctions, the security sources said.
The transfers in October and November indicate that smuggling from Russia to North Korea has evolved to loading cargoes at sea since Reuters reported in September that North Korean ships were sailing directly from Russia to their homeland.
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Update #1: North Korea received oil from Russia in violation of UN sanctions: report (FOX News)
Update #2: Russia 'has repeatedly supplied fuel to North Korea in violation of sanctions' (The Independent)
WNU Editor: Russia is saying that it is respecting UN sanctions on North Korea .... Russia says it sticks to UN sanctions on North Korea amid reports of illegal oil supplies (RT). But reports of Russia selling oil to North Korea have been circulating around for the past few months .... Russia Is Selling Massive Amounts Of Oil To North Korea (December 4, 2017). As to how do I know that oil sanctions are being busted .... oil prices in North Korea are not rising .... Oil prices in North Korea dip due to imports from Russia (UPI).
