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Russia Targeted in Trump Order For Chemical Weapons Sanctions

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Emergency workers in Salisbury, 2018

Emergency workers in Salisbury, 2018

 Photographer: Jack Taylor/Getty Images Europe

President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions on new issuances of Russian sovereign debt, punishing the country for the 2018 nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy in the U.K.

The order, released by the White House late Thursday, directs the government to attempt to cut off international financing and forbids U.S. bank loans to governments subject to U.S. sanctions for using chemical or nuclear weapons.