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美國雅虎新聞
The price of fuel in North Korea has plummeted over the past month thanks to
Russian oil imports, according to reports that suggest Russia is ignoring
international efforts to isolate the rogue North Korean regime.
北韓的油價在過去一個月裡終於開始跌了，
這都要感謝俄羅斯在運油上面的幫忙。
根據一則報導顯示，俄羅斯無視國際上想要孤立暴走8+9的北韓政權。
Journalists with the website Asia Press International, which is based in
Osaka, Japan, and publishes in English, Japanese and Korean, reportedly said
that fuel prices began to fall in November. The reports claimed that the
price of diesel had fallen by 60 percent since early November, and the price
of gasoline fell by around 25 percent.
亞洲新聞社(在日本大阪的新聞社，並且新聞語言是以英文、日文、韓文為主)的記者說油價在11月開始跌。報導顯示柴油的價錢跌了60%，而汽油則是跌了25%。
The alleged decline in price comes despite U.S. pressure and United Nations
Security Council resolutions aimed specifically at cutting off fuel to Kim
Jong Un’s regime.
儘管在美國的壓力，以及聯合國的安全理事會中希望能夠中斷對金小胖的政權運油來做制裁，油價還是跌了。
The citizen journalists allegedly claimed that “massive amounts” of fuel
are being imported through North Korea’s Ryanggang province from Russia. The
province, however, borders China.
記者宣稱有「大量」的油從俄羅斯運到北韓的兩江道(跟中國相鄰的省)。
It is difficult to substantiate claims coming out of North Korea, a closed
regime where information rarely leaks. But experts on the region say Russia
and China both have a history of doing business with North Korea.
要從北韓口中證實這件情很難，因為北韓是一個專制政權，消息很難傳出去。但是當地專家指出俄羅斯以及中國的確曾經跟北韓做過生意。
“There are a lot of trade channels that exist between China and North Korea,
some licit and some illicit, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Russia were
taking advantage of those,” Lisa Collins, an expert on the Koreas at the
Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Newsweek.
「中國跟北韓之間有很多貿易的通道，有合法的也有非法的。所以如果俄羅斯從這中間獲利，我一點也不會意外。」韓國的國際政策學術中心專家Lisa Collins跟Newsweek說。
“We do know that Russia has given North Korea some oil in the past, and I
believe that there were some reports that North Korea was using ships to get
around the Security Council sanctions that would hide the origin of the oil.”
「我們知道俄羅斯之前就有給過北韓油了，而且我知道很多報導顯示北韓都會用船繞過安全理事會偷藏油的制裁。」
In September, Reuters and the Washington Post both reported that Russia was
helping North Korea avoid U.S. sanctions and providing the country with fuel.
九月時，路透社以及華盛頓公報都有報導俄羅斯在偷偷幫北韓繞過美國的制裁，並且提供該國家油。
On September 11, the Security Council unanimously passed a resolution banning
exports of condensates and natural gas liquids to North Korea and capping the
annual supply of refined petroleum products at two million barrels per year.
The price of fuel had reportedly skyrocketed in North Korea following the
implementation of sanctions in September.
9月11號的時候，安全理事會一致通過一個禁止運送原油以及天然氣液體等到北韓，並且將每年的精煉油提供鎖在一年兩百萬桶油的限制。根據報導，九月在安全理事會通過之後北韓的油價高到靠北。
Given the limited scope of the resolution, however, Russia is legally
permitted to sell some oil to North Korea.
但是根據該限制的規範，俄羅斯送油給北韓是合乎規定der。
“It is no secret that Russia supplies North Korea with oil. In fact, Russia
is perfectly entitled to do so,” James Brown, a Russia and Japan expert
focusing on energy politics at Temple University, told Newsweek. “This is
because Russia ensured that no cuts to crude oil supplies were mandated in
the sanctions adopted on 11 September.”
在天普大學能源政治學鑽研的俄羅斯以及日本當地專家James Brown指出「俄羅斯會運送油給北韓早就不是秘密了。老實說俄羅斯還以此為傲。因為俄羅斯可以確保9月11號之後就沒有人可以被授權運送原油了。」
Providing North Korea with oil could be Russia’s way of rejecting the U.S.
approach to pressuring North Korea, Brown added.
Brown還指出，用運送油來幫助北韓是一種反對美國對北韓施壓的方法。
“The Russian authorities are also generally against the US's policy of
maximum pressure on North Korea, believing that the policy has caused
Pyongyang to accelerate their nuclear and missile program,” he explained. “
Instead of further sanctions, Moscow favors immediate dialogue with North
Korea.”
「俄羅斯的官員普遍都反對美國對北韓的極度施壓，認為這種政策會使得平壤加速他們的核子飛彈計畫。與其制裁他，莫斯科更希望能夠坐下來立即跟北韓好好溝通。」
On Tuesday, Russian state media reported that the Kremlin is ready to take a
lead role in pressuring Pyongyang.
而在星期二時，俄羅斯媒體報導克林姆林宮要成為施壓平壤的領頭羊。