Trump wants to reward this. Expect and endless stream of anything but appeasement (removal of sanctions) means WWIII from Trump. Remember Russia is a physically large country (just under double the size of the US and Alaska combined, most maps are distorted) but not economically, it's economy is smaller that NY. Roughly on a par with Italy alone. Link to BBC Police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March, according to reports. Several Russians were involved in the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the Press Association says. They are thought to have been identified through CCTV, cross-checked with border entry data. Earlier this month, Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being poisoned by Novichok. She and her partner, Charlie Rowley, 45, fell ill on 30 June in Amesbury, Wiltshire. He remains seriously ill in hospital. Police believe the incidents are linked. The UK government has blamed Russia, but the country's authorities deny any involvement. Asked about the latest developments, the Russian ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko told the BBC: "Unfortunately, we don't have official statement of the British side. "I want to hear that from the Scotland Yard or from the Foreign Office. A lot of versions that we hear in newspapers, they are not supported by the Foreign Office." Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter, 33, who were discovered slumped on a bench in Salisbury on 4 March, have been discharged from hospital and moved to secure locations. "Investigators believe they have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack through CCTV and have cross-checked this with records of people who entered the country around that time," a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Press Association. "They (the investigators) are sure they (the suspects) are Russian." The Met Police, who are leading the investigation, have declined to comment. The BBC has not been able to independently confirm the story. Philip Ingram, a former British Army intelligence officer and chemical weapons expert, said the development supported his perception that this was a "professional attack" designed to send a "political message" - adding that it happened two weeks before the Russian election. "My view is that the primary reason behind it was to send a message out to dissenters - and Sergei Skripal was chosen because he was based in Salisbury and that gave the Russians plausible deniability by saying, oh it must have leaked from Porton Down, because it's just up the road," he said. Porton Down is a military research base near Salisbury.
America's 30th largest trading partner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States So basically the only reason they get any attention at all is their military. Just like North Korea. WWIII threats are all they have and they can't afford any more than little border skirmishes. F Putin, F Trump.
Better headline - Salisbury poisoning: Police 'identify Novichok suspects' and they are Trump supporters/party
I guess that is literally true. This tail wagging the dog, the whole world bullshit from Russia needs to stop. They have the largest single country and that is PLENTY to develop and thrive with for 140 million people. Putin only wants strength to fulfill his grandiose narcissistic dreams of grabbing a few Baltic states back. Don't feed him. Tell him to F-off, stop threatening people and develop his own nation which sorely needs help and has the potential if managed properly to actually be a great force in the world (probably bad.. but hey). As Sam Bee said, Russia wants people to think they are Drago from Rocky but they are really Danny DeVito in "Its always sunny in Philadelphia".. except for all the murdering they do.