The European Union has extended for a year of punishment in connection with the use and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and also because of the conflict in Salisbury, said the EU Council.

Sanctions imply a ban on entry to the site of the European Union and the freezing of assets for individuals and legal entities. The list includes five people associated with the Syrian regime, four relevant, in the opinion of the EU, to the incident in Salisbury, and one organization - the Center for scientific research in Syrian Arab Republic.

in October last year the European Union has released a new mechanism for the introduction of sanctions against persons, " relevant to the creation and use of weapons of mass destruction anywhere, regardless of their nationality and location."

limits included a travel ban to EU and freezing of assets of individuals and legal entities. In addition, citizens and organizations in the European Union were forbidden to provide funds to listed persons.

EU authorities said that fresh measures have been taken " during the production of action in the field of security after the incident in the British Salisbury ". Before the mechanism was agreed at the level of permanent representatives of the EU.

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.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa may claimed that the poison was manufactured in Russia, but in the laboratory Porton Down is contested.

The Russian side has many times proposed to hold a joint hearing of the conflict, but Britain ignored it and denied access Scriply.



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