The measures hardly pose any serious threat to Russia
On August 1, US President Donald Trump signed Executive
Order 13883 “Administration of Proliferation Sanctions and ... ....”
Media outside Russia were quick to label the move as a second round of sanctions against Russia over the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Skripal case. What is this all about, specifically, and what new sanctions could Russia face?
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... fact, this theory is more plausible than the one which states that Damascus has no chemical weapons. Indeed, the Syrian chemical stockpiles were withdrawn from the country... ... makes sense to the radical Islamists and jihadists, which number in the tens of thousands in Idlib (Gen. [retired] Amos Yadlin, Director of Israel’s Institute of National... ... Al-Qaeda, as a “dirty secret” (although it is no secret really).
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia–Turkey Relations Need a Stronger Foundation
Israel also bankrolls the armed...
Current US and Russia’s Attitudes toward Disarmament in the Area of Weapons of Mass Destruction
... ... range that is prohibited by the treaty. Since then, Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations, and has accused the United States of deploying defense systems in Romania... ... regimes for non-proliferation or prohibition of WMD differ from each other. While the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the NPT have institutionalized specialized agencies...
On February 6, RIAC members held a round table discussion at the International Multimedia Center "Rossiya Segodnya " under the framework of «Chemical weapons in Syria: Russia's position and the new US accusations» the format allowed for a contextual review of both internal Syrian and international reactions, political postures and a set of technical conditions around the use of chemical weapons.
On February 6, RIAC held a round table discussion at ...
... experts put the blame on the Syrian army. However, the
official report
, which was released in September 2013 after the UN investigation was complete, did not contain any confirmations that Syrian regime was responsible for the attack.
Back in 2013 Russia and the U.S. came up with the delicate plan which made Syria to join OPCW and get rid of its chemical weapons stockpiles. By 2016 this mission was accomplished, although accusations of Syrian government using chemical weapons are still here.
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Senior advisor Steve Bannon stands
between U.S. Deputy National Security
Advisor for Strategy Dina Powell
and Ivanka Trump as U.S. President
Donald Trump delivers ...
... are becoming transborder, transnational, common threats and challenges.
President Obama spoke about enforcement of the Syrian chemical weapons agreement that you and Secretary Kerry came up with. Where do you think the U.N.Security Council resolution will ... ... that we would follow that understanding in the draft of the Security Council resolution.
So there is no difference between the Russian and American positions?
As these positions are reflected in the Geneva framework of the 14th of September? No.
In President ...
