An assistant to the Deputy State Duma organized a network to import workers from the Democratic Republic of Russia to Russia, circumventing UN sanctions - investigation North Korean workers enter Russia on student visas under the guise of enrolling in educational institutions, Reuters writes and cites an investigation by the organization Global Rights Compliance (GRC) based in The Hague. Investigators reported that DPRK citizens are then transferred to Russian employers, and the intermediaries receive a commission of up to 150,000 rubles for each worker. The GRC found that workers from the DPRK, in particular, were employed in manufacturing plants, including a plant producing military rations. It is alleged that workers are forced to stay in their jobs through pressure and threats. The organizer of the "supply" network of workers from the DPRK turned out to be the head of the Blackhawks group of companies, Vladimir Sokolov, the assistant of the deputy of the State Duma Anatoly Karpov, the agency writes. The GRC said the dispatch of the workers violated UN sanctions that prohibit the employment of North Korean nationals abroad. The head of business and human rights at the GRC, Lara Strangways, emphasized that the work of workers from the DPRK "is supported by Russian industry, including enterprises related to the war in Ukraine."

An assistant to the Deputy State Duma organized a network to import workers from the Democratic Republic of Russia to Russia, circumventing UN sanctions - investigation North Korean workers enter Russia on student visas under the guise of enrolling in educational institutions, Reuters writes and cites an investigation by the organization Global Rights Compliance (GRC) based in The Hague. Investigators reported that DPRK citizens are then transferred to Russian employers, and the intermediaries receive a commission of up to 150,000 rubles for each worker. The GRC found that workers from the DPRK, in particular, were employed in manufacturing plants, including a plant producing military rations. It is alleged that workers are forced to stay in their jobs through pressure and threats. The organizer of the "supply" network of workers from the DPRK turned out to be the head of the Blackhawks group of companies, Vladimir Sokolov, the assistant of the deputy of the State Duma Anatoly Karpov, the agency writes. The GRC said the dispatch of the workers violated UN sanctions that prohibit the employment of North Korean nationals abroad. The head of business and human rights at the GRC, Lara Strangways, emphasized that the work of workers from the DPRK "is supported by Russian industry, including enterprises related to the war in Ukraine."