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NAVALNY RESOLUTION INTRODUCTION
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HON. MARCY KAPTUR
of ohio
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise to introduce a bipartisan resolution condemning the Kremlin's brutal treatment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
I am thankful to Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick for co-leading this resolution with me. I am also thankful to Chairman Meeks, Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keating, Ranking Member McCaul, Congressman Quigley, Congressman Pfluger, and Congressman Meier for their leadership, support, and original cosponsorship on this measure.
Mr. Navalny has been a leader in uncovering gross corruption at the highest levels of the Kremlin that sustain that country's brutal regime. Through new forms of social media, his ability to reach out to and organize Russian citizens has been admirable.
Tragically on August 20, 2020, Vladimir Putin's thugs poisoned Mr. Navalny with the nerve agent, Novichok that nearly ended his life.
After making a recovery in Germany, Mr. Navalny bravely returned to Russia where he was detained and transferred to a modem-day gulag where he faced torture.
To protest these despicable conditions, he has been on a hunger strike for close to three weeks, and is now in critical condition.
Russia has a deeply disturbing history of violence and assassinations to silence dissidents like Boris Nemtsov, Sergei Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko and many more.
In response, this resolution strongly condemns the Kremlin's gross mistreatment of Mr. Navalny, calls for him to receive adequate medical care, and urges the Biden Administration to take all appropriate actions to secure his release, including through increased sanctions.
Additionally, the resolution expresses gratitude for the critical work of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in shining a light on these issues, and urges the State Department to take greater action to protect the broadcaster's physical presence in Moscow in face of the Kremlin's disturbing attacks on it.
I urge all my colleagues to support this legislation.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 69
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