UK Targets Companies, Person for Russia-North Korea Sanctions Evasion

The U.K. on May 17 sanctioned people and companies for their ties to Russia and North Korea, including for helping both countries evade sanctions.

Russian transportation company Vostochnaya Stevedore Limited Liability Co. was sanctioned for operating in a "sector of strategic significance to the Government of Russia." The country's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation also added Aleksey Mikhailovich Vorotnikov, director of Toplivo Bunkering Co., for circumventing sanctions on North Korea. The U.K. also designated Paekyangsan Shipping Co. for transferring petroleum products between Russia and North Korea and Toplivo Bunkering for being "involved in the facilitation" of North Korean military programs.