RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will impose sanctions on Russia under a chemical and biological warfare law following the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter in the UK earlier this year, the State Department announced Wednesday [8-8-18]. In a statement Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US had made this decision on Monday [8-6-18], and accused Russia of violating international law. The statement anticipated the sanctions would go into effect around August 22 in line with the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991. Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, and his daughter Yulia Skripal were hospitalized and treated for a nerve-agent attack in March. Yulia Skripal was discharged from the hospital in April, and her father was discharged in May following the novichok poisoning. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously denied allegations that Russia was behind the poisonings, saying in March that it was ‘unthinkable that we would do such a thing.'”
-Eli Watkins, “Trump administration slaps more sanctions on Russia after Skripal poisonings,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 8, 2018 4:57 pm