MADRID, 17 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United States Department of the Treasury announced Wednesday sanctions against three entities related to the arms deal between Russia and North Korea.
Verus Limited Liability Company (Verus), Defense Engineering Limited Liability Company (Defense Engineering) and Versor SRO (Versor) are reportedly controlled directly or indirectly by sanctioned Slovakian citizen Ashot Mkrtychev, designated as otal for arranging shipping negotiations arms and ammunition from North Korea to Russia.
“This action is part of the United States’ ongoing strategy to identify, expose, and disrupt third-country actors seeking to support Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. As Russia has continued to expend ammunition and lose heavy equipment in the battlefield, has been increasingly forced to turn to its few allies,” reads a Treasury statement.
“The United States continues to root out illicit financial networks that are trying to funnel North Korean support into Russia’s war machine,” Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson said, according to the letter.
“Together with our allies and partners, we remain committed to exposing and disrupting the arms trade that underpins Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine,” Nelson added.
Therefore, the properties of these companies, as well as their interests in the United States or under the control of US citizens will be blocked, as well as the entities under their control, directly or indirectly, and with more than 50 percent of the shares. .
In addition, it has prohibited all transactions with them under penalty of being penalized.
