It’s UN Security Council sanctions. They are not lifting existing sanctions, just not implementing new sanctions on the DPRK.
In Russia, there are two versions about why Russia participated in the sanctioning of DPRK.
First, is that Russia wanted to appease the West so they went along with the sanctions.
Second, is that China wanted the DPRK to stop developing its nuclear weapons (remember the Chinese leadership has a lot of libs who love America at one point, especially before Trump), but the DPRK didn’t listen (good decision, considering what happened to Libya) so China decided to punish DPRK from the UNSC as a warning, and dragging Russia to go along with it.
It’s UN Security Council sanctions. They are not lifting existing sanctions, just not implementing new sanctions on the DPRK.
In Russia, there are two versions about why Russia participated in the sanctioning of DPRK.
First, is that Russia wanted to appease the West so they went along with the sanctions.
Second, is that China wanted the DPRK to stop developing its nuclear weapons (remember the Chinese leadership has a lot of libs who love America at one point, especially before Trump), but the DPRK didn’t listen (good decision, considering what happened to Libya) so China decided to punish DPRK from the UNSC as a warning, and dragging Russia to go along with it.
Both versions are not mutually exclusive.