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Skripals poisoning: Trump agreed on a second package of sanctions against the Kremlin - media
On Thursday, August 1, President of the United States of America Donald Trump signed an executive decree imposing new sanctions against Russia because of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia in British Salisbury.
According to The New York Times , the US president took this step in response to increased pressure from Congress to take additional measures to punish Moscow in connection with the use of nerve agent against Skripals last year. See also Russia must pay for the annexation of Crimea and the poisoning of Skripals - British Defense This is the second stage of the sanctions that the Trump Administration applies after the poisoning of the Skripals.
The imposition of sanctions occurred the day after a telephone conversation between US Presidents Donald Trump and the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during which Trump focused on forest fires in Siberia. At the same time, the White House’s official statement on sanctions was not discussed.
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