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US Sanctions on Russia for Nerve Agent Attack Start Monday

by Reuters

   U.S. sanctions against Russia tied to a nerve agent attack in Britain
   will officially take effect on Monday, according to a notice posted on
   Friday at the
   Federal Register, a daily catalog of actions and regulations at
   government agencies.

   The State Department's plans to terminate foreign assistance and some
   arms sales and financing to Russia, as well as deny the country credit
   and prohibit the export of security-sensitive goods and technology will
   be formally published on Aug. 27, according to the notice. That
   publication will officially put the sanctions into effect.

   Plans to impose the sanctions were announced by the Trump
   administration on Aug. 8 for what the State Department said was
   Moscow's use of a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his
   daughter in Britain.