INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has released $9 million in frozen North Korean assets after the isolated country provided Moscow with arms for its war against
Ukraine, The New York Timesreported Tuesday, citing anonymous Western intelligence officials.Pyongyang is under a range of UN and United
bank said to have cleared the release of $9 million out of $30 million in frozen North Korean assets, but intelligence sources said
in Ukraine the month before.Anonymous United States officials told NYT that Pyongyang intends to use the unfrozen money to buy crude oil.At
region of South Ossetia, which only Moscow and a handful of its allies recognize as an independent state
satellite technology and nuclear-powered submarines in exchange for the arms.Russia may favor financial transactions rather than supplying
the specifics of the Russian-North Korean banking arrangements.
