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MOSCOW. – Russia has introduced sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in line with the UN Security Council’s resolution 2094, the Kremlin said on Monday.The decree, signed by President Vladimir Putin, bans Russian citizens, organisations and businesses from trading commodities with the DPRK or providing financial transactions related to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programme. According to the decree, Russia starts inspecting the consignments originating from DPRK or using it as a transit route on suspicion of containing prohibited content. Russia also reserves the right from now on to ban any airplane from taking off from its territory, or landing there or transiting Russian airspace if Moscow has information that the plane carries prohibited cargo.
DPRK’s banks are also banned from operating in Russia or running joint ventures in cooperation with Russian financial institutions in accordance with the degree. In November, Putin urged unconditional resumption of the six-party talks on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula involving the DPRK, the Republic of Korea (ROK), China, the United States, Russia and Japan.
Meanwhile, the DPRK leader Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, seen as his nephew’s political regent and one of the most powerful men in the country, has apparently been ousted, South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday. If confirmed, Jang’s ouster would mark the most significant purge at the top of North Korean leadership since Kim Jong-Un succeeded his late father Kim Jong-Il in December 2011. – Xinhua/AFP..
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