Economics

U.S. Readying Russia Sanctions for U.K. Poison Attack, Sources Say

  • Move is in response to 2018 nerve-agent attack on Skripal
  • U.S. official has said sanctions to include banking sector
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The White House has received a long-awaited package of new sanctions on Russia, intended to punish the Kremlin for a 2018 nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy in the U.K.

U.S. officials at the State and Treasury departments have vetted the sanctions and are awaiting approval from the White House to issue them, according to two people familiar with the matter who discussed the internal deliberations on condition of anonymity.