The USA accused Russia of non-observance of the American law on chemical weapons‍

The United States again accused Russia of failing to comply with the conditions of the American Chemical and Biological Weapons Act. The announcement was made by the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, Ed Royce. Earlier, Washington reported that new anti-Russian sanctions would follow. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the US sanctions against Russia are counterproductive and meaningless.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, Ed Royce, said that Russia had not fulfilled the conditions of the American law on chemical and biological weapons.


The published document states that the White House believes that Russia allegedly "did not fulfill the requirements of the US chemical and biological weapons law of 1991," reports FAN.
Five days ago, State Department Deputy Representative Robert Palladino announced that the State Department would report to Congress before November 6th whether Russia was in compliance with the conditions of the US chemical and bacteriological weapons law. The words Palladino quoted from the portal UrduPoint.
The diplomat said that this report is being prepared after the introduction of the first package of sanctions against Russia due to Skripale’s poisoning in Salisbury (the American side believes that Moscow is involved in the poisoning of the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, the Kremlin denies all accusations).
According to Palladino, if the State Department can provide evidence to Congress that Russia does not comply with the law on chemical weapons, the United States will impose a second package of anti-Russian sanctions, the NSN reports.
“November 6th is the deadline by which the State Department must confirm to Congress that Russia has fulfilled the conditions of the law on chemical and biological weapons,” said a spokesman for the US foreign ministry.
Last month, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Manisha Singh said at a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives that
The United States is preparing to introduce new anti-Russian sanctions in November due to the Scriptures incident.

According to her, the Russian side at the moment has not provided evidence that it will not use chemical weapons in the future.
“We plan to introduce a very serious second round of sanctions in accordance with the law,” the diplomat said.
The assistant secretary of state added that the international community should not tolerate Russia's “behavior”.
In August, another package of US sanctions against Russia came into force in connection with the incident in Salisbury. Restrictive measures are directed against Russian banks, mining companies and dual-use goods. The latter include certain types of raw materials, materials, equipment, as well as technologies that can be used not only for civilian purposes, but also for military purposes.
The package of sanctions also implies the cessation of the provision of Russian foreign aid by the United States, the cessation of arms supplies and financing for the purchase of weapons, the denial of US state loans and the prohibition of exporting goods and technologies to America that are “sensitive from the point of view of America’s national security”.
As explained in Washington, the US government is obliged to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with the 1991 law on the control of chemical and biological weapons. According to this document, the United States applies sanctions policy against any country that, in their opinion, used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law.