russia has supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n
Main points of the article:<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The oil serves as payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent to moscow to support its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Satellite images reveal that North Korean tankers have docked at an oil terminal in russia’s Far East 43 times over the past eight months.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f These shipments violate UN sanctions that limit oil sales to North Korea to 500,000 barrels annually, far below the DPRK\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Half of the shipments were carried out by vessels under UN sanctions, which should have been confiscated upon entering russian waters.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f But in March 2024, three weeks after the first recorded oil transfer, russia used its veto in the UN Security Council to disband the group monitoring sanctions violations.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f This oil supply provides North Korea with a level of stability it has not experienced since sanctions were implemented.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f To sustain its war in Ukraine, russia is increasingly reliant on North Korea for troops and weapons in exchange for oil.<\/p>\n
By collaborating in this way, the two authoritarian regimes fulfill each other’s needs: russia gains resources to maintain its aggression, while North Korea addresses its critical oil shortages.<\/p>\n
This suggests that the dangerous alliance between russia and the DPRK is only deepening, allowing both regimes to use each other to survive in the face of growing international pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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