The US imposed new sanctions on Russia in connection with the Skripal case

As State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus stated, "the new measures could prevent Russia from accessing billions of dollars in bilateral trade."
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The United States of America (USA) today imposed new sanctions on Russia in connection with the Skripal case and the use of the Novichok nerve agent in Great Britain.

Washington will oppose any aid to Moscow "from international financial institutions" and limit the export of goods and technology to Russia, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.

As she stated, "new measures could prevent Russia from accessing billions of dollars from bilateral trade".

The USA already imposed sanctions on Russia in 2018 because, as they claim, it used chemical weapons and thus violated international law.

Former double spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury on March 4, 2018. They were in critical condition in hospital for weeks.

London accused Moscow of being behind the poisoning, saying that Novichok, a nerve gas developed in the USSR, was used in the attack. Russia has rejected those accusations.

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