IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1084 

Condemning the killing of Alexei Navalny and calling for the release of 

all political prisoners in the Russian Federation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2024 

Ms. WILD (for herself and Mrs. WAGNER) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the killing of Alexei Navalny and calling for 

the release of all political prisoners in the Russian Federation. 

Whereas Alexei Navalny (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘Mr. 

Navalny’’) dedicated himself to building a future of democracy and rule of law for the people of the Russian 

Federation; 

Whereas Mr. Navalny worked to expose systemic corruption 

and abuse at the highest levels of the Kremlin and to call 

for democratic reforms over the course of his work as an 

independent journalist, advocate, attorney, and opposition 

candidate for elected office; 

Whereas Russian state authorities led by President Vladimir 

Putin retaliated against Mr. Navalny for his activism, including multiple politically motivated arrests, convictions, 


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and an assassination attempt with the Novichok nerve 

agent on August 20, 2020; 

Whereas investigations conducted by Bellingcat, the Insider, 

Der Spiegel, and multiple governments found that the 

same unit of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the 

Russian Federation responsible for poisoning Mr. 

Navalny was responsible for poisoning Russian activists 

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Timur Kuashev, Ruslan 

Magomedragimov, and Nikita Isayev; 

Whereas upon his decision to return to the Russian Federation in 2021 after recovering abroad from the FSB assassination attempt, Mr. Navalny was sentenced and imprisoned on politically motivated charges; 

Whereas Mr. Navalny’s 2021 arrest and imprisonment led to 

mass demonstrations in support of Mr. Navalny, in which 

authorities detained an estimated 11,000 protestors; 

Whereas, on February 17, 2021, the European Court of 

Human Rights issued a ruling finding that Mr. Navalny’s 

rights had been violated and demanding his immediate 

release; 

Whereas after a meeting with President Putin in June 2021, 

President Biden vowed that Russia would face ‘‘devastating consequences’’ if Mr. Navalny were to die in 

prison; 

Whereas Mr. Navalny condemned Vladimir Putin’s 

unprovoked, unjustified, and illegal full-scale invasion of 

Ukraine launched on February 24, 2022; 

Whereas President Putin has further repressed Russian citizens who have expressed opposition to his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including a March 2022 law signed by 

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tion contradicting the Russian government’s claims about 

the invasion of Ukraine and mandating up to 15 years 

in prison for such so-called ‘‘offenses’’; 

Whereas, during a court proceeding in Moscow on May 24, 

2022, Mr. Navalny declared Russia’s war on Ukraine as 

‘‘built on lies’’; 

Whereas Mr. Navalny was imprisoned in the IK–6 prison colony in the Vladimir region, a facility widely and credibly 

documented by former prisoners and watchdog organizations for its systemic mistreatment of prisoners and the 

widespread use of inhumane practices including torture; 

Whereas, in late 2023, Mr. Navalny was transferred from 

IK–6 prison colony to the remote Artic IK–3 prison colony of Kharp in grossly inhumane conditions in the 

Yamalo-Nenets region; 

Whereas throughout his detention period, credible media 

sources reported that Mr. Navalny was subjected to dangerous practices and systematic abuse by Russian prison 

authorities, including the denial of medical care and torture; 

Whereas, on February 16, 2024, Russian authorities announced the death of Mr. Navalny in IK–3 prison colony; 

and 

Whereas, on February 16, 2024, President Biden affirmed 

that ‘‘Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the politically motivated killing of 

3 Alexei Navalny by the Russian Federation; 


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1 (2) establishes that the Government of the Rus2 sian Federation is fully responsible for Mr. 

3 Navalny’s death given its documented attempt to as4 sassinate him on August 20, 2020, and systemic 

5 abuse and negligence of his health and safety 

6 throughout his imprisonment; 

7 (3) expresses solidarity with Mr. Navalny’s 

8 widow, Yulia Navalnaya, his family, attorneys, and 

9 colleagues of Mr. Navalny, as well as all prisoners of 

10 conscience in the Russian Federation imprisoned 

11 and subjected to state-sponsored violence and intimi12 dation for exercising their fundamental freedoms of 

13 speech, assembly, and belief; 

14 (4) condemns the Russian Federation’s contin15 ued imprisonment of thousands of prisoners on po16 litically motivated charges, including numerous 

17 United States citizens such as Evan Gershkovich, 

18 Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva; 

19 (5) urges the United States Government and 

20 other allied governments to work to secure the im21 mediate release of all political prisoners in the Rus22 sian Federation; and 

23 (6) calls on the Secretaries of State and Treas24 ury to impose additional sanctions on Russian au25 thorities who played a role in the killing of Mr. 


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1 Navalny in coordination with United States allies 

2 and partners. 

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