At midnight (7 am Moscow time) entered into force on the second package of U.S. penalties against Russia over the conflict in Salisbury. As stated in the US capital, the reason for the introduction of new restrictive measures has been that Moscow has not provided assurances against the use of chemical And biological weapons, as prescribed by the relevant law. fresh restrictive measures apply to state dog. In addition, the United States could create obstacles to the provision And extension of loans to Russia's largest financial organizations (world Bank, IMF). for their part, us banks are forbidden to participate in the primary placement of Russian sovereign debt denominated not in rubles, And to lend to the government than in rubles. Also introduced limits on the export of dual-use goods, which can be applied to develop chemical And biological weapons. The administration have used more stringent measures, provided for by the legislative act. Thus, the United States could reduce the level of diplomatic relations, a ban on flights of the state airline (that would be hit by "Aeroflot" ), and any imports from Russia, and among them oil And oil products. Although the limits apply to loans to Russian agencies, they do not affect the loans of state-owned companies, although most of them are already under other sanctions. Limits Also do not relate to the participation of American lending institutions to purchase bonds on the secondary sovereign debt market of Russia. 1st package of restrictive measures entered into force on 27 August last year. Then, the United States has restricted options for aid to Russia, allowing only urgent humanitarian assistance in the form of " food And other agricultural products." Also, the state Department stopped issuing Russian state-owned companies a license for the export of American arms And dual-use goods, except exports, are necessary for cooperation in space exploration or for civil aviation. Russia Also denied "any loans, credit guarantees And other financial support from" any institution of the United States. in March 2018 in Salisbury was poisoned ex-GRU officer Sergey Skripal And his daughter Julia. The incident triggered a major international scandal. in London was told that the incident involved Russia, Moscow denies in principle. The Russian side has many times proposed to hold a joint hearing of the conflict, But Britain ignored it And denied access Scriply. The Russian foreign Ministry has accused the British Prime Minister Theresa may in a lie. She claimed that the poison was manufactured in Russia. However, in the laboratory Porton Down is contested. in September, the London released photos of the "suspects" in the poisoning in Salisbury. The assurances of the British side, the two GRU officer - Alexander Petrov, And Ruslan Bashirov. However, they told in the interview chief editor of Sputnik And RT Margarita Simonyan, visited Britain for tourist purposes, not connected with the Russian special services And are irrelevant to the case Skrobala. <span style="color:darkgray