IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1121 
Calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara- 
Murza, who was unjustly detained on April 11, 2022. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2022 
Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. WILD, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. TITUS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. LOIS 
FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MCCAUL, 
Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. SCHIFF) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition lead-
er Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was unjustly detained on 
April 11, 2022. 
Whereas Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (referred to in 
this preamble as ‘‘Mr. Kara-Murza’’) has tirelessly 
worked for decades to advance the cause of freedom, de-
mocracy, and human rights for the people of the Russian 
Federation; 
Whereas, in retaliation for his advocacy, two attempts have 
been made on Mr. Kara-Murza’s life, as— 
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•HRES 1121 IH 
(1) on May 26, 2015, Mr. Kara-Murza fell ill with 
symptoms indicative of poisoning and was hospitalized; 
and 
(2) on February 2, 2017, he fell ill with similar 
symptoms and was placed in a medically induced coma; 
Whereas independent investigations conducted by Bellingcat, 
the Insider, and Der Spiegel found that the same unit of 
the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation 
responsible for poisoning Mr. Kara-Murza was respon-
sible for poisoning Russian opposition leader Alexei 
Navalny 
and 
activists 
Timur 
Kuashev, 
Ruslan 
Magomedragimov, and Nikita Isayev; 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched an-
other unprovoked, unjustified, and illegal invasion into 
Ukraine in contravention of the obligations freely under-
taken by the Russian Federation to respect the territorial 
integrity of Ukraine under the Budapest Memorandum of 
1994, the Minsk protocols of 2014 and 2015, and inter-
national law; 
Whereas, on March 5, 2022, Vladimir Putin signed a law 
criminalizing the distribution of truthful statements 
about the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation 
and mandating up to 15 years in prison for such of-
fenses; 
Whereas, since February 24, 2022, Mr. Kara-Murza has used 
his voice and platform to join more than 15,000 citizens 
of the Russian Federation in peacefully protesting the 
war against Ukraine and millions more who silently op-
pose the war; 
Whereas, on April 11, 2022, five police officers arrested Mr. 
Kara-Murza in front of his home and denied his right to 
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•HRES 1121 IH 
an attorney, and the next day Mr. Kara-Murza was sen-
tenced to 15 days in prison for disobeying a police order; 
Whereas, on April 22, 2022, the Investigative Committee of 
the Russian Federation charged Mr. Kara-Murza with 
violations under the law signed on March 5, 2022, for his 
fact-based statements condemning the invasion of 
Ukraine by the Russian Federation; 
Whereas Mr. Kara-Murza was then placed into pretrial de-
tention and ordered to be held until at least June 12, 
2022; and 
Whereas, if convicted of those charges, Mr. Kara-Murza faces 
detention in a penitentiary system that human rights 
nongovernmental organizations have criticized for wide-
spread torture, ill-treatment, and suspicious deaths of 
prisoners: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the unjust detention and indict-
ing 
of 
Russian 
opposition 
leader 
Vladimir 
Vladimirovich Kara-Murza, who has courageously 
stood up to oppression in the Russian Federation; 
(2) 
expresses 
solidarity 
with 
Vladimir 
Vladimirovich Kara-Murza, his family, and all indi-
viduals in the Russian Federation imprisoned for ex-
ercising their fundamental freedoms of speech, as-
sembly, and belief; 
(3) urges the United States Government and 
other allied governments to work to secure the im-
mediate release of Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara- 
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Murza, Alexei Navalny, and other citizens of the 
Russian Federation imprisoned for opposing the re-
gime of Vladimir Putin and the war against 
Ukraine; and 
(4) calls on the President to increase support 
provided by the United States Government for those 
advocating for democracy and independent media in 
the 
Russian 
Federation, 
which 
Vladimir 
Vladimirovich Kara-Murza has worked to advance. 
Æ 
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