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Russia to face 'more draconian' US sanctions over Skripal poisoning
Source: The Guardian
Russia to face 'more draconian' US sanctions over Skripal poisoning
• Moscow failed to show it had given up chemical weapons
• Sanctions could include diplomatic, trade or banking ties
Julian Borger in Washington
Tue 6 Nov 2018 22.36 GMT
Russia faces new US sanctions after failing to take steps to prove it has ended its chemical weapons programme in the wake of the Skripal nerve agent attack in the UK in March, the state department has said.
It is unclear what form of sanctions the US will impose but US officials have warned that they would be substantial, potentially affecting diplomatic relations, trade or banking ties.
The US imposed preliminary sanctions on security-related technology to Russia in August, in a signal that it accepted the UK’s assessment that Russian military intelligence was behind the use of the novichok agent in Salisbury against Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy and his daughter Yulia.
Dawn Sturgess died in July after handling a small bottle contaminated with the nerve agent apparently discarded by Skripal’s attackers. Her partner, Charlie Rowley, was also taken ill after being exposed to the nerve agent.
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• Moscow failed to show it had given up chemical weapons
• Sanctions could include diplomatic, trade or banking ties
Julian Borger in Washington
Tue 6 Nov 2018 22.36 GMT
Russia faces new US sanctions after failing to take steps to prove it has ended its chemical weapons programme in the wake of the Skripal nerve agent attack in the UK in March, the state department has said.
It is unclear what form of sanctions the US will impose but US officials have warned that they would be substantial, potentially affecting diplomatic relations, trade or banking ties.
The US imposed preliminary sanctions on security-related technology to Russia in August, in a signal that it accepted the UK’s assessment that Russian military intelligence was behind the use of the novichok agent in Salisbury against Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy and his daughter Yulia.
Dawn Sturgess died in July after handling a small bottle contaminated with the nerve agent apparently discarded by Skripal’s attackers. Her partner, Charlie Rowley, was also taken ill after being exposed to the nerve agent.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/russia-us-sanctions-skripal-poisoning
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