Russia using online platform to illegally employ North Korean ‘students’
Laborers posing as students are propping up Moscow's war in Ukraine while sending cash back to Pyongyang, skirting sanctions, a probe has found.
An investigation by Dutch nonprofit Global Rights Compliance has uncovered new insights into the exploitative methods employed by a Russian labor-brokering platform to bring North Korean workers into the country, in direct violation of international law. This support is bolstering the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. The report, published on Thursday, delves into the operations of Vladimir Sokolov, a businessman based in Moscow who runs the Black Horse group of companies and KNDR.su, an online platform that assists Russian employers in recruiting North Korean laborers.
Sokolov's businesses are primarily involved in importing manufacturing equipment from China and Europe, as well as operating an agricultural export business that caters to North Korean interests. The European Union recently sanctioned Sokolov "for promoting and facilitating commercial and industrial cooperation projects involving" North Korea.
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