IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 340 
Condemning the Government of Russia’s attempted assassination of Mr. 
Navalny and criminal acts to intimidate and silence Russian freedom 
defenders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2021 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. MEIJER) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and 
Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Government of Russia’s attempted assas-
sination of Mr. Navalny and criminal acts to intimidate 
and silence Russian freedom defenders. 
Whereas Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader and 
anticorruption activist, has effectively used social media 
and modern digital channels to connect with Russian citi-
zens, counter Kremlin propaganda, and organize mass 
prodemocracy protests; 
Whereas Mr. Navalny has been illegally detained and impris-
oned on numerous occasions for political reasons, includ-
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ing partaking in peaceful and constitutionally protected 
protests in Russia; 
Whereas the investigative work of Mr. Navalny’s Anti-Cor-
ruption Foundation has uncovered corruption at the 
highest levels of the Government of Russia, including ac-
tivities orchestrated by Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, 
and the oligarchs closely associated to him; 
Whereas Russia is a signatory of the Helsinki Final Act 
obliging the Government of Russia to respect and protect 
human rights, including freedom of thought, conscience, 
or belief; 
Whereas the Government of Russia has a deeply disturbing 
history of employing extrajudicial assassinations and 
other forms of violence to cover up its crimes and silence 
independent political leaders, anticorruption investigators, 
and prodemocracy activists, including Boris Nemtsov, 
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alexander Litvinenko, and Sergei 
Magnitsky who died tragically in a Russian prison; 
Whereas, on August 20, 2020, Mr. Navalny was poisoned by 
the Russian security forces with a Novichok nerve agent, 
putting him in grave condition which required him to be 
placed into a medically induced coma; 
Whereas Mr. Navalny was evacuated to Berlin, Germany, 
where he eventually recovered; 
Whereas, on January 17, 2021, Mr. Navalny bravely re-
turned to Russia to continue the fight for democracy de-
spite outstanding arrest warrants against him; 
Whereas upon his arrival at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, 
Mr. Navalny was immediately detained by Russian offi-
cials on false charges, and after a sham trial on February 
2, 2021, was convicted to 2.5 years imprisonment; 
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Whereas the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia 
under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and 
Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 for the second time in 
response to the Russian Government’s poisoning of Mr. 
Navalny; 
Whereas Mr. Navalny was transferred to Penal Colony 2 
(IK–2), where he complained of torture, sleep depriva-
tion, denial of medical care, and other gross human 
rights abuses; 
Whereas Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has played a crit-
ical role in ensuring Russian and global audiences hear 
the truth of the Government of Russia’s gross human 
rights abuses towards Mr. Navalny and other Russian 
political prisoners; 
Whereas Mr. Navalny’s health has rapidly deteriorated in 
prison, and on March 31, 2021, he started a hunger 
strike to protest the lack of medical access and the grim 
prison conditions; 
Whereas reports indicate that Mr. Navalny is experiencing 
renal failure and heart problems, and in a moribund 
state; 
Whereas European Union High Representative for Foreign 
Affairs Josep Borrell said, ‘‘we make the Russian au-
thorities responsible for the health of Mr. Navalny,’’ and 
many leading Members of the European Parliament and 
other European and officials of the United States have 
also condemned Russian authorities’ cruel treatment of 
Mr. Navalny; and 
Whereas Mr. Navalny’s life is in grave and immediate dan-
ger: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) strongly condemns the Government of Rus-
sia’s attempted assassination of Mr. Navalny and 
criminal acts to intimidate and silence Russian 
human rights, democracy, and anticorruption activ-
ists; 
(2) condemns the Government of Russia’s ongo-
ing chemical weapons program in contravention of 
international law and norms, particularly the Chem-
ical Weapons Convention, to which Russia is a 
party; 
(3) demands the immediate release of and the 
provision of robust medical care to Mr. Navalny; 
(4) reaffirms congressional support for the Ad-
ministration to robustly implement the second round 
of sanctions on the Government of Russia under the 
Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and War-
fare Elimination Act of 1991 if it does not dismantle 
its chemical weapons and biological weapons within 
90 days of the date of the adoption of this resolu-
tion; 
(5) condemns the Government of Russia’s ef-
forts to stifle the freedom of the press, including 
through attempts to expel Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty, and urges the Department of State to place 
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higher priority on efforts to protect Radio Free Eu-
rope/Radio Liberty’s physical presence in Moscow; 
(6) expresses deep concern with the near com-
pletion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a tool of Rus-
sian malign influence which would endanger Ukraine 
and transatlantic security, and calls for the imme-
diate halt of its construction; and 
(7) urges the President of the United States to 
raise Alexei Navalny’s wrongful imprisonment and 
rapidly deteriorating health in all high-level engage-
ments with the Government of Russia as well as 
take all appropriate actions to achieve the release of 
Mr. Navalny, including through additional sanctions 
of Kremlin officials and Kremlin-directed oligarchs 
in coordination with our transatlantic allies and 
partners. 
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