The United States has imposed sanctions against individuals and entities involved in illegal financial transactions between Russia and North Korea, according to the US Department of the Treasury. As noted by the agency, the illegal financial network between Moscow and Pyongyang targeted by the new US sanctions is linked to two sanctioned North Korean state banks—the Foreign Trade Bank and the Kwangson Banking Corporation. These institutions are used by North Korea to obtain foreign currency to finance state programs for the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. The…