Russia has unblocked $9 million of $30 million in frozen North Korean assets held in a Russian bank, according to intelligence officials.
This money will presumably be used by Pyongyang to buy oil. In addition, according to intelligence reports, a fake North Korean company opened an account in a Russian bank in unrecognized South Ossetia, which may indicate that Russia is helping North Korea circumvent UN sanctions that prohibit financial transactions with that country.
