The Kremlin on Aug. 9 responded to new U.S. sanctions accusing it of conducting an illegal chemical attack, calling them “unacceptable.”
The sanctions, announced by the U.S. State Department on Aug. 8, followed the reported use of the nerve agent “novichok” by Russia in an attempt to assassinate UK citizen Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal. The department accused Russia of violating the international law through its use of the lethal chemical weapon.
