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What did Washington's Russia sanctions look like in August 2018?
Summary
A look back at US measures against Russia reported in the days before 9 August 2018, tied to the Skripal poisoning and a North Korea-linked transaction.
What was the United States doing about Russia in the days around 9 August 2018? Reports from the preceding days pointed to two separate sanctions actions.
On 8 August 2018, the United States imposed new sanctions on Russia after the use of a Novichok nerve agent in the United Kingdom, in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. As reported at the time, the UK had said a day earlier that it would seek the extradition of suspects from Russia.
An earlier measure came on 3 August 2018. The United States sanctioned a Russian bank that had facilitated a transaction for a North Korean who was on an American blacklist.
Taken together, the reports describe Washington acting against Russia on two fronts within a week: one linked to the nerve-agent attack in the United Kingdom, the other to a bank's role in a transaction involving a blacklisted North Korean.
