; Whereas on March 14, 2018, Prime Minister May ordered 23 Russian undeclared intelligence agents expelled from the United Kingdom; Whereas on March 14, 2018, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stated before an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council that this is a defining moment … One member stands accused of using a chemical weapon on the sovereign soil of another. The credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold Russia to account ; Whereas on March 14, 2018, President Trump stated that the United States shares the United Kingdom’s assessment that Russia is responsible for the reckless nerve agent attack on a British citizen and his daughter and that this latest action by Russia fits into a pattern of behavior in which Russia disregards the international rules-based order, undermines the sovereignty and security of countries worldwide, and attempts to subvert and discredit Western democratic institutions and processes ; Whereas the United Kingdom maintains productive bilateral and multilateral ties with the United States, NATO allies, and the European Union; Whereas the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and Nick Bailey is part of pattern of action through which Russia has shown a disdain for the sovereignty of other nations and the rules-based international order; Whereas Russia continues to attempt to interfere with and undermine democratic processes and institutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, and their allies around the globe; Whereas Russia provided no credible explanation for the events on March 4, 2018, and showed contempt for the gravity of the issue; Whereas Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin said he couldn’t care less if Russia interfered in the affairs of these countries; Whereas in November 2006, Alexander Litvinenko was also assassinated in London from radioactive poisoning by two agents of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)