'To answer for arrogant behavior': Congress called on Trump to impose new sanctions against Russia

On Monday, July 29, US Congressmen Eliot Engel and Michael McCall addressed a letter to US President Donald Trump calling for new economic sanctions against Russia in response to the poisoning of former intelligence officer Sergei Skrypal in English Salisbury last year.

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“We are deeply concerned that Russia has not been sanctioned, as required by US law, for Russia's use of chemical weapons against persons residing in the United Kingdom,” the letter quotes Sputnik. “We urge you to immediately impose legally mandated additional measures against Russia to hold it accountable for this brazen behavior.”

Congressmen warned that the refusal to respond to the "deadpan aggression of Russia is unacceptable and will require corrective action from Congress."

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After the poisoning of the former intelligence officer Sergey Skrypal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England, in March 2018, relations between Great Britain and Russia were practically reduced to a minimum. London stated that they were poisoned with a military-class nerve agent, and blamed Russia for the incident.

Moscow strongly rejected the allegations as unfounded, stressing the fact that the UK did not provide convincing evidence of Russia's alleged interference. In addition, London rejected a proposal from Moscow to conduct a joint investigation into the poisoning and deprived Russian officials of access to Sergei and his daughter.

Julia and Sergey Skripal. Photo: frame YouTube / Russia24

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• The former GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury 4 March March 2018. They were taken to hospital in critical condition. The police found that they were poisoned nerve agent. About 20 people were poisoned, including the policeman who first visited the scene and the house of Skripal. On the fact of poisoning a case of attempted murder.
• As a result, the ex-scout and his daughter came to their senses and live in a secret place in Britain to protect their safety.
• In Russia, Skripal was convicted in 2006 for spying for British intelligence. In 2010, he was exchanged for Russian intelligence agents uncovered in the United States.
• After investigating, Britain concluded that the nerve agent of the new generation of the group called “Novice” was used for the poisoning. Since no country other than Russia had access to this substance, London declared that Russia was most likely responsible for the attempt.
• Investigation UK accused of attempted murder of Petrov and Boshirovcalling them employees of the GRU. Russia denied these allegations, and President Vladimir Putin said that the suspects were civilians.
• Then suspects gave an interview to Russian journalists, said they visited Salisbury to “look at the cathedral”.
• After poisoning Scripal USA introduced a new package restrictions against Russia, which entered into force on August 27.
• This year, the mother of the former GRU Colonel Sergey Skrypal appealed to the police with a request recognize son and his daughter Julia missing. Skripal, unlike Julia, after the assassination attempt did not appear in public. This gave reason to suspect that he died, but the London police denied these rumors.

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