Moscow and Pyongyang reportedly discussed bilateral ties and the security of the Korean Peninsula Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the Kremlin, following talks between the countries’ top diplomats on boosting bilateral ties and cooperation earlier on Tuesday.

The US has approved imposing secondary sanctions on institutions found aiding Moscow Chinese state-owned banks are tightening controls on servicing Russian clients after the US approved secondary sanctions on financial institutions found aiding Russia’s military-industrial complex, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Financial transactions are a matter for the companies involved and not for the government, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The issue of compliance with US sanctions by Chinese banks falls outside the purview of the Kremlin, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.