Haley Slams Russia for Violating North Korea Sanctions

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley directs comments to the Russian delegation at the conclusion of a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the recent ballistic missile launch by North Korea at U.N. headquarters in New York on July 5, 2017. Reuters/Mike Segar

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations criticized Moscow on Aug. 3, for allowing thousands of fresh North Korean laborers into Russia in violation of sanctions against Pyongyang.

Ambassador Nikki Haley issued the criticism one day after the Wall Street Journal reported that Moscow granted thousands of new work permits to North Korean laborers in violations of United Nations sanctions.