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Anthony V. Rinna
Anthony V. Rinna is a Senior Editor with the Sino-NK research group. He's lived in South Korea since 2014.
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Analysis How secondary sanctions impact Russia’s position on North KoreaMoscow sees the measures as part of a wider plan to undermine its foreign policy Demonstrating its traditional solidarity with Beijing over the Korean security crisis, Moscow has backed Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's plea for loosening economic restrictions against Pyongyang, made last week during a ministerial-level meeting at the UN. That Moscow should support such measures should come as no surprise, given that Russian deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov declared only weeks prior that the time had come for the UN Security Council to consider easing sanctions against the DPRK. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |