The U.S. imposes sanctions on a Slovakian accused of trying to broker a Russia-North Korea arms deal.

The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was imposing sanctions on a Slovakian national accused of trying to broker a weapons deal between Russia and North Korea.The sanctions against the Slovakian, Ashot Mkrtychev, were announced hours after Russia detained a Wall Street Journal reporter on accusations of espionage, and are part of a series of attempts by the United States to block off Moscow's access to weapons as its invasion of Ukraine continues.

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