“As for 'their sanctions regime', the unilateral restrictions are illegitimate, since they did not pass the UN Security Council approval,” Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
According to her, "the use of an illegitimate instrument makes the appeal to international law absurd."
“Instead of another departure from reality, it would be better for Britain to find the strength and bring to justice the representatives of the relevant American services for non-compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the part related to their destruction,” added a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
She stressed that Russia, unlike the United States, has destroyed the arsenal of chemical weapons in accordance with its international obligations.
Earlier, Britain imposed restrictions on seven Russian citizens: they were added to the list associated with "chemical weapons".
As stated in the document, we are talking about employees of the Federal Security Service.