EU Extends Sanctions Against Proliferation, Use of Chemical Weapons

The European Union has renewed for one year, until October 16, 2022 the restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons, says a press release of the Council of the European Union circulated in Brussels on Monday. There are also Russian nationals on the list, in particular Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who the British secret services call ‘GRU agents’. “The Council today decided to extend the restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons for an additional year, until 16 October 2022. The current sanctions regime was first introduced in 2018 to target individuals and…