We are talking about the General Trading Company "Cholsan", operating in Russia and the DPRK, and LLC "Mokran" from St. Petersburg.
According to the US Treasury Department, these companies are allegedly involved in exports in order to obtain funds that go to the profits of the Workers' Party of Korea.
“As before, the Americans do not provide evidence, besides their usual suspicions, they demand to take their word for it.
Russia is again accused of "sins", now in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions, "said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Moscow firmly rejects these accusations and condemns the US extraterritorial application of its own legal norms, she added.
The diplomat stressed that these norms run counter to the generally accepted provisions of international law.