North Korea Receives 1.5 Million Barrels of Russian Oil in Violation of UN Limits

North Korea Receives 1.5 Million Barrels of Russian Oil in Violation of UN Limits

Russia has delivered over 1.5 million barrels of oil products to North Korea in 2024, three times the annual import limit set by the United Nations for the country, The Moscow Times reported, citing Russian state media. Although this is a small volume for Russia, which pumps about 6-7 times more oil daily, the shipments have raised international concern. Every day we fight Russian disinformation. Your help makes us stronger. Support Our Team At…

Leaked Russian Records Reveal Obscure Firms Helping Bust Oil Sanctions on North Korea

For the past eight years, Russia and its fellow U.N. Security Council members have maintained economic sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear testing, including severe restrictions on selling crude oil and refined petroleum exports to the isolated dictatorship. The 2017 sanctions limit total exports of oil products to North Korea to 500,000 barrels per country per year. But an investigation last year by the Open Source Center, a U.K.-based re…