Washington announced Friday, March 11 to take economic sanctions against two people and three Russian entities, accused of having supported North Korea in its two recent missile tests, presented as satellite launch tests.
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North Korea "
continues to fire ballistic missiles in flagrant violation of international law, which poses a serious threat to global security
," U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said. which specifies that these sanctions "
address this threat by targeting a network of individuals and entities based in Russia complicit in having assisted North Korea in procuring components for its illegal ballistic missile systems
".