The introduction of a new package of anti-Russian restrictions in retaliation for the fact that Moscow refuses to comply with the internal laws of the United States is a frank mockery of our country.. This was stated by the chairman of the committee of the Federation Council on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev. "Meanwhile, another round of so-called US sanctions, which have just become a subject of discussion in Congress. Frankly boorish is their justification, which the US State Department presented it to congressmen - they say, Russia has not fulfilled the conditions of American internal (!) Acts (the US law on controlling chemical and biological weapons and prohibiting its military use from 1991. ) and other decisions of the United States on this topic, which are due to new measures, "- wrote a politician on his page on Facebook. Russian senator considers it symbolic to have a parallel discussion of the bill, called "sanctions from hell". "This is a very precise wording, describing the hell that prevails today in the heads of the initiators of the next economic repression," Kosachev said. He pointed out that politicians ignore the opinion of ordinary Americans, the majority of whom (57%, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute) are in favor of normalizing relations with the Russian Federation. America should not demand from Russia any guarantees regarding the rejection of the use of nerve agents, since our country does not apply them anyway. The corresponding ultimatum "looks like a frank mockery, because even our attempt to give such guarantees in itself would be a confirmation of the use of such substances earlier and a kind of remorse for their deeds," said a member of the upper chamber.. Moscow will most likely not respond to absurd statements by US congressmen. At the same time, the United States and all other countries should remember that Russia is always open for joint work "on the issue of prohibiting the use of chemical weapons, but not in the mode of reporting on the implementation of anyone's internal acts and investigations without our participation". “Only in this way, the rest is“ hell ”in the minds, and until it disperses, the sanctions will be strengthened,” Kosachev concluded.

Earlier today, the US State Department spokesman David Tesler told the BBC that the country has launched a mechanism for considering a package of measures against Russia, which has received the unofficial name of "draconian sanctions". "Today we told Congress that the Russian government did not fulfill the previously announced criteria. Consequently, the launch mechanism of the second round of sanctions. The law does not provide for the mandatory entry into force of the sanction today.. So we do not announce the entry into force of any restrictions.. We are going to carefully and thoughtfully work through our next steps.. About what they will be, we will inform later ", - the official said.