A double agent. Nerve gas. Violations of international law. The
recently imposed sanctions on Russia have all the makings of a
James Bond movie but, unfortunately, those sanctions may cause some
less-than-entertaining headaches for your business.
Why These Sanctions
On August 8, the U.S. State Department notified Congress it
would impose new sanctions on Russia based on the U.S.
Government's determination that the Russian Government has used
chemical and biological weapons in violation of international law.
That determination was made under the Chemical and Biological
Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991
("CBW") after the Russian government's use of the
"Novichok" nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate UK
citizen (and double agent to Russia and the UK) Sergei Skripal and
his daughter Yulia Skripal.
