I thought allies didn't matter. They said Trump sided with Putin against his own.
So what good is Trump to Putin, really ?.. a few nice words that has the american opposition foaming means diddly squat.
Only ACTIONS matter and we see them here
The U.S. Sanctions Russia for Skripal Poisoning—Five Months Later | Atlantic | Aug 09 2018
This comes after the expulsion of Russian diplomats btw
So what prompted this latest, and arguably more severe, retaliation?
That's not the end of it
Russian response and likely Indian one as well
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So what good is Trump to Putin, really ?.. a few nice words that has the american opposition foaming means diddly squat.
Only ACTIONS matter and we see them here
The U.S. Sanctions Russia for Skripal Poisoning—Five Months Later | Atlantic | Aug 09 2018
Five months after a deadly nerve agent threatened the life of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain, Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday that it will be imposing new sanctions on Russia for its alleged involvement in the attack.
This isn’t the first time Washington has acknowledged Russia’s alleged role in the nerve-agent attack on British soil. The United States joined nearly two dozen countries in condemning Russia for the attack, and took part in a mass expulsion of Russian intelligence officers. Of the more than 100 Russian personnel who were targeted in the mass expulsion, 60 were based in the United States. The Russian consulate in Seattle was also closed as part of the response.
Technically, U.S. law. Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, the United States is required to impose sanctions on any foreign power determined to have used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law within 60 days of assigning blame to the country in question.
As the Republican lawmaker Ed Royce pointed out in a letter to President Trump last month, the administration missed that deadline by more than a month.
As the Republican lawmaker Ed Royce pointed out in a letter to President Trump last month, the administration missed that deadline by more than a month.
These sanctions likely won’t be the last. If Russia does not provide assurances that it will no longer use such weapons within the next three months, the U.S. government has warned that it will move to impose even “more draconian” sanctions, including a wider trade embargo and a possible downgrade in diplomatic relations between the two countries. But Moscow is unlikely to be swayed by threats of additional penalties.
“Russian denials will continue—there is no doubt about that,” Duncan Allen, a Russia and Eurasia specialist at the London-based Chatham House, told me. “More U.S. sanctions frankly are only a matter of time.”
“Russian denials will continue—there is no doubt about that,” Duncan Allen, a Russia and Eurasia specialist at the London-based Chatham House, told me. “More U.S. sanctions frankly are only a matter of time.”
“The theater of absurd continues,” Dmitry Polyanskiy, the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, said Wednesday in a tweet.
“No proofs, no clues, no logic, no presumption of innocence, just highly-liklies.
Only one rule: blame everything on Russia, no matter how absurd and fake it is.
Let us welcome the United Sanctions of America!”
“No proofs, no clues, no logic, no presumption of innocence, just highly-liklies.
Only one rule: blame everything on Russia, no matter how absurd and fake it is.
Let us welcome the United Sanctions of America!”
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