“The entire US sanctions policy is built on revenge for Russia's refusal to surrender. That is why the slogan “Russia is to blame for everything” is being fabricated - it doesn’t matter if this is confirmed or not. However, the United States has long abandoned the concept of “evidence base” ... They imagined themselves to be a battering ram who could break the foundations of the Russian state with sanctions, an arms race, and stubbornly did not want to admit that these two factors did not work against Russia, ”the parliamentarian concluded.
On August 26, the second package of US sanctions against Russia came into force in connection with the Salisbury incident.
It was put into effect, since the Russian side, according to Washington, did not provide him with statutory guarantees of non-use of chemical and biological weapons.