The Trump administration has informed Congress that Russia has not complied with a series of requirements necessary for Moscow to evade a second round of U.S. sanctions over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain.
The development, announced by the State Department and House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, means that a new tranche of sanctions on Russia will be automatically triggered under a 1991 law on the elimination of chemical and biological weapons - likely further deteriorating relations with Russia at a time of high tensions.
ADVERTISEMENT. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman said the administration has not given Congress details on what the sanctions would entail or a timeline on when they would be imposed, which he criticized as "Unacceptable."
Under pressure from Congress, the Trump administration in August announced new sanctions on Russia over the use of a military-grade nerve agent in an unsuccessful assassination plot against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last March.
A second round of sanctions is automatically triggered three months later if the administration does not certify to Congress that Russia meets a series of strict conditions - including showing it is no longer using biological or chemical weapons in violation of international law and allowing United Nations inspections of its facilities to prove it.
The Trump administration faced a deadline on Tuesday to notify Congress as to whether Moscow had met the conditions under the law.
The administration is required to choose three from a group of six categories of sanctions under the law.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/415248-trump-admin-signals-more-russia-sanctions-coming-but-offers-no
The development, announced by the State Department and House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, means that a new tranche of sanctions on Russia will be automatically triggered under a 1991 law on the elimination of chemical and biological weapons - likely further deteriorating relations with Russia at a time of high tensions.
ADVERTISEMENT. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman said the administration has not given Congress details on what the sanctions would entail or a timeline on when they would be imposed, which he criticized as "Unacceptable."
Under pressure from Congress, the Trump administration in August announced new sanctions on Russia over the use of a military-grade nerve agent in an unsuccessful assassination plot against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last March.
A second round of sanctions is automatically triggered three months later if the administration does not certify to Congress that Russia meets a series of strict conditions - including showing it is no longer using biological or chemical weapons in violation of international law and allowing United Nations inspections of its facilities to prove it.
The Trump administration faced a deadline on Tuesday to notify Congress as to whether Moscow had met the conditions under the law.
The administration is required to choose three from a group of six categories of sanctions under the law.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/415248-trump-admin-signals-more-russia-sanctions-coming-but-offers-no
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