1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated August 14, 2019Russia, the Skripal Poisoning, and U.S. SanctionsOn August 6, 2018, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo determined that in March 2018 the government of Russia used a chemical weapon in the United Kingdom in contravention of international law. This
2、 finding triggered requirements under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act; title III, P.L. 102-182; 22 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.). The CBW Act requires the President to impose economic and diplomatic measures that first cut off foreign aid, arms sales,
3、and export licenses for controlled goods, services, and technology, and ratchet up in intensity if certain conditions are not met within 90 days. As of August 2019, the United States has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Russia as required by the CBW Act. The United States also imposes sanctions ag
4、ainst Russia for other reasons. See CRS In Focus IF10779, U.S. Sanctions on Russia: An Overview, and CRS Report R45415, U.S. Sanctions on Russia. The Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal On March 4, 2018, in Salisbury, United Kingdom, British citizen Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intell
