Changing a ship’s destination once underway is not forbidden and it is unclear whether any of the ships unloaded fuel in North Korea. “North Korea employs deceptive practices to conceal the true origins of these goods. Russia’s foreign ministry did not respond to questions about fuel exports to North Korea but has said Russia complies with the sanctions. Russian supplies of oil and oil products to North Korea are much smaller than volumes shipped by China, Pyongyang’s only major ally. Moscow’s trade with Pyongyang is under closer scrutiny following a series of missile launches by North Korea and a test involving what it said was a hydrogen bomb.

Source: bd News24 September 20, 2017 11:37 UTC