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Washington's new Russia sanctions after Salisbury attack
Summary
A look back at the US sanctions announced over the Novichok poisoning, and a separate measure against a Russian bank days earlier.
What did Washington do on 8 August 2018 to answer the use of a Novichok nerve agent in the United Kingdom? It imposed new sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
The move came a day after the UK said it would seek the extradition of suspects from Russia. The two steps, one British and one American, followed in quick succession.
A second track of sanctions
The measures were not the only US penalties on Russia in early August. On 3 August 2018, the United States sanctioned a Russian bank that had facilitated a transaction for a North Korean on an American blacklist.
The two cases were separate. One concerned the nerve agent attack in the UK; the other concerned a financial transaction involving a North Korean. Taken together, they show Washington using sanctions against Russian targets on more than one front within a single week.
