‘No surprise if Moscow recalls ambassador’: Russia will lash out against new sanctions, say experts
NOVANEWS
Washington’s latest sanctions have left no room for a constructive response from Moscow, analysts explain, but opinions differ widely on how much the measures will affect relations between the two countries.
All interviewed by RT railed against the framing of the sanctions, nominally prompted by the alleged use of chemical weapons against the Skripals in the UK back in March. Russia will be punished with a first set of measures from August 22, and is given 90 days to assure Washington that it will no longer deploy chemical weapons, and to open up its chemical production facilities to international inspectors.
One problem: Russia denies that it has used chemical weapons in the first place and says that it had already disposed of its stockpile in accordance with international...
