It may be a totalitarian dictatorship, but this is totally expected behavior given the sanctions in place against them. Sanctions that amount to collective puni

It may be a totalitarian dictatorship, but this is totally expected behavior given the sanctions in place against them. Sanctions that amount to collective punishment, which is supposedly illegal under international law. Perhaps if the sanctions were reduced/removed, they’d feel like this sort of activity was less necessary/justified to get hard currency.