Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: On February 24, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation, led by Vladimir Putin, launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On September 13, 2023, the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Kim Jong Un, met with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin to discuss the transfer or sale of conventional arms to Russia to be used in invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign territory in exchange for economic assistance and support for North Korea’s space, nuclear, and missile programs.
Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia will be his first known travel outside North Korea since the COVID–19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown of North Korea in early 2020. North Korea maintains an arsenal of artillery shells, rockets, and other conventional military equipment that it may provide to Russia. If Russia or Russian State-backed entities are acquiring arms and related materiel from North Korea, such actions would violate United Nations Security Council resolutions, which were supported by Russia to prohibit North Korea from exporting such items.
On August 16, 2023, the Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on three entities tied to a sanctions evasion network attempting to support arms deals between Russia and North Korea.