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Russia’s Foreign Ministry lashed out at the U.S. and Britain on Monday, August 13 following the announcement of new U.S. sanctions in connection with the Salisbury poisoning case. The ministry’s official statement accused the U.S. of hypocrisy, pointing out that Russia eliminated its chemical weapon stockpile in 2017 while the U.S. has yet to fully dispose of its own stockpile. While this is partially true, the statement leaves out several important facts. First, the direct comparison between Russian and the U.S. is not correct. Experts say the chemical weapons destruction in the U.S. is a complete process while in Russia the destruction" can mean just the first stage
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