U.S. announces more sanctions against Russia over poisoning of ex-spy
Russia has been accused of using a nerve against to try and kill former spy Sergei Skripal in the U.K. in 2018, something it denies.
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In this file photo taken on March 8, 2018 members of the emergency services in green biohazard encapsulated suits work to afix the tent over the bench where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found in critical condition in Salisbury.BEN STANSALL / AFP - Getty Images
Aug. 3, 2019, 6:53 AM UTC
By Phil Helsel, Mosheh Gains and Associated Press
The United States has announced more sanctions against Russia over its use of a nerve agent to try and assassinate former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018, the State Department said.
The announced sanctions fall under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act and mean the U.S. will oppose loans and assistance by international financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund, and restrictions on the export on Department of Commerce-controlled goods and technology, the State Department said in a statement.
"After the first round of sanctions in response to Russia's assassination attempt against a private citizen in the United Kingdom, Russia did not provide the assurances required under U.S. law, so we are imposing the second round of sanctions," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Friday.
Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-announces-more-sanctions-against-russia-over-poisoning-ex-n1038951
In a nutshell, more sanctions against Russia for allegedly trying to poison Russians over in the UK (the Skripals).
