Moscow slams EU’s ‘arbitrary’ chemical-weapons sanctions, threatens to retaliate

RT | January 22, 2019 Russia has threatened to respond to “freshly invented” punitive measures imposed by the EU over the Skripal poisoning. Moscow says it’s an arbitrary punishment that disrespects established non-proliferation norms. The accusations that gave rise to the sanctions “don’t stand up to criticism,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. […]

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