Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya at a meeting of the UN Security Council. File photoUN, May 27. Russia opposes any military activity that threatens the Korean Peninsula and the countries of Northeast Asia, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. Earlier, Russia and China vetoed the the US resolution on strengthening sanctions against the DPRK.
"Russia opposes any military activity that endangers the security of the Korean Peninsula and the countries of Northeast Asia", Nebenzya said.
However, according to he said that security problems, including Russia, «cannot be solved through the primitive use of a sanctions baton, leading to serious side effects.» >Nebenzya said new sanctions against North Korea are useless