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Whath -- matthew, it is no secret the tension here. what is the reaction to moscow? >> reporter: phil, this will come as a major surprise to many here in moscow and authorities here because there is a lot of expectations of new sanctions from the united states. they would be congressional sanctions. they are debated right now in the u.s. they would focus on punishing russia for the alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. to use anti-chemical weapons legislation by the trump administration, not congress, is unexpected. the reactions so far has been predictable by the russian diploma...

Of the blue. there would be sanctions against russia from the united states, but in punishment for the alleged meddling in the 2016 election. the fact that anti-chemical weapons legislation was used is unexpected. it doesn't mean they have not criticized the sanctions. saying they were absurd and based on no proof or logic or clues. restating the russian position they had nothing to do with the skripal poisoning. they characterized it as anti-russian witch hunt. they would not poison their own people on the streets of the british town of salisbury. it comes out of the political atmosphere in t...

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