IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 758 
Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President 
Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against 
neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, 
under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out 
a policy of aggression against neighboring countries 
aimed at political and economic domination. 
Whereas upon entering office in 2009, President Barack 
Obama announced his intention to ‘‘reset’’ relations with 
the Russian Federation, which was described by former 
United States Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul as 
a policy to ‘‘engage with Russia to seek agreement on 
common interests’’, which included the negotiation of the 
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in 
which the United States agreed to major reductions in its 
nuclear forces; 
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Whereas the Russian Federation has responded to this policy 
with openly anti-American rhetoric and actions and with 
armed aggression against United States allies and part-
ner countries, including Ukraine and the Republic of 
Georgia; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has subjected Ukraine to a 
campaign of political, economic, and military aggression 
for the purpose of establishing its domination over the 
country and progressively erasing its independence; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s invasion of, and military 
operations on, Ukrainian territory represent gross viola-
tions of Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and terri-
torial integrity and a violation of international law, in-
cluding the Russian Federation’s obligations under the 
United Nations Charter; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s forcible occupation and il-
legal annexation of Crimea and its continuing support for 
separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine are 
violations of its obligations under the 1994 Budapest 
Memorandum on Security Assurances, in which it 
pledged to respect the independence and sovereignty and 
the existing borders of Ukraine and to refrain from the 
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or 
political independence of Ukraine; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has provided military equip-
ment, training, and other assistance to separatist and 
paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine that has resulted 
in over 4,000 civilian deaths, hundreds of thousands of 
civilian refugees, and widespread destruction; 
Whereas the Ukrainian military remains at a significant dis-
advantage compared to the armed forces of the Russian 
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Federation in terms of size and technological sophistica-
tion; 
Whereas the United States strongly supports efforts to assist 
Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty against 
military aggression by the Russian Federation and by 
separatist forces; 
Whereas the terms of the ceasefire specified in the Minsk 
Protocol that was signed on September 5, 2014, by rep-
resentatives of the Government of Ukraine, the Russian 
Federation, and the Russian-backed separatists in the 
eastern area of the Ukraine have been repeatedly violated 
by the Russian Federation and the separatist forces it 
supports; 
Whereas separatist forces in areas they controlled in eastern 
Ukraine prevented the holding of elections on May 25, 
2014, for a new President of Ukraine and on October 26, 
2014, for a new Rada, thereby preventing the people of 
eastern Ukraine from exercising their democratic right to 
select their candidates for office in free and fair elections; 
Whereas, on November 2, 2014, separatist forces in eastern 
Ukraine held fraudulent and illegal elections in areas 
they controlled for the supposed purpose of choosing 
leaders of the illegitimate local political entities they have 
declared; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has recognized the results of 
the illegal elections and continues to provide the military, 
political, and economic support without which the sepa-
ratist forces could not continue to maintain their areas 
of control; 
Whereas the reestablishment of peace and security in 
Ukraine requires the full withdrawal of Russian forces 
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from Ukrainian territory, the resumption of the govern-
ment’s control over all of the country’s international bor-
ders, the disarming of the separatist and paramilitary 
forces in the east, an end to Russia’s use of its energy 
exports and trade barriers to apply economic and political 
pressure, and an end to Russian interference in 
Ukraine’s internal affairs; 
Whereas Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a civilian airliner, was 
destroyed by a Russian-made missile provided by the 
Russian Federation to separatist forces in eastern 
Ukraine, resulting in the loss of 298 innocent lives; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has used and is continuing 
to use coercive economic measures, including the manipu-
lation of energy prices and supplies, as well as trade re-
strictions, to place political and economic pressure on 
Ukraine; 
Whereas military forces of the Russian Federation and of the 
separatists it controls have repeatedly violated the terms 
of the ceasefire agreement announced on September 5, 
2014; 
Whereas the Russian Federation invaded the Republic of 
Georgia in August 2008, continues to station military 
forces in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and 
is implementing measures intended to progressively inte-
grate these regions into the Russian Federation; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject the Re-
public of Georgia to political and military intimidation, 
economic coercion, and other forms of aggression in an 
effort to establish its control of the country and to pre-
vent Georgia from establishing closer relations with the 
European Union and the United States; 
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Whereas the Russian Federation continues to station military 
forces in the Transniestria region of Moldova; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to provide support 
to the illegal separatist regime in the Transniestria re-
gion of Moldova; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject 
Moldova to political and military intimidation, economic 
coercion, and other forms of aggression in an effort to es-
tablish its control of the countries and to prevent efforts 
by Moldova to establish closer relations with the Euro-
pean Union and the United States; 
Whereas under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
Forces Treaty (INF), a flight-test or deployment of any 
INF-banned weapon delivery vehicle by the Russian Fed-
eration constitutes a violation of the INF Treaty; 
Whereas, on July 29, 2014, the United States Department 
of State released its report on the Adherence to and 
Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and 
Disarmament Agreements and Commitments, as required 
by Section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Act, for calendar year 2013, which found that, ‘‘[t]he 
United States has determined that the Russian Federa-
tion is in violation of its obligations under the INF Trea-
ty not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground- 
launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability 
of 500 km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce launch-
ers of such missiles’’; 
Whereas according to reports, the Government of the Russian 
Federation has repeatedly engaged in the infiltration of, 
and attacks on, computer networks of the United States 
Government, as well as individuals and private entities, 
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for the purpose of illicitly acquiring information and dis-
rupting operations, including by supporting Russian indi-
viduals and entities engaged in these actions; 
Whereas the political, military, and economic aggression 
against Ukraine and other countries by the Russian Fed-
eration underscores the enduring importance of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the cor-
nerstone of collective Euro-Atlantic defense; 
Whereas the United States reaffirms its obligations under the 
North Atlantic Treaty, especially Article 5 which states 
that ‘‘an armed attack against one or more’’ of the treaty 
signatories ‘‘shall be considered an attack against them 
all’’; 
Whereas the Russian Federation is continuing to use its sup-
ply of energy as a means of political and economic coer-
cion against Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other Euro-
pean countries; 
Whereas the United States strongly supports energy diver-
sification initiatives in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and 
other European countries to reduce the ability of the 
Russian Federation to use its supply of energy for polit-
ical and economic coercion, including the development of 
domestic sources of energy, increased efficiency, and sub-
stituting Russian energy resources with imports from 
other countries; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to conduct an ag-
gressive propaganda effort in Ukraine in which false in-
formation is used to subvert the authority of the legiti-
mate national government, undermine stability, promote 
ethnic dissension, and incite violence; 
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Whereas the Russian Federation has expanded the presence 
of its state-sponsored media in national languages across 
central and western Europe with the intent of using news 
and information to distort public opinion and obscure 
Russian political and economic influence in Europe; 
Whereas expanded efforts by United States international 
broadcasting across all media in the Russian and Ukrain-
ian languages are needed to counter Russian propaganda 
and to provide the people of Ukraine and the surrounding 
regions with access to credible and balanced information; 
Whereas the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated continue to represent a 
minority market share in Ukraine and other regional 
states with significant ethno-linguistic Russian popu-
lations who increasingly obtain their local and inter-
national news from Russian state-sponsored media out-
lets; 
Whereas the United States International Programming to 
Ukraine and Neighboring Regions Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–96) requires the Voice of America and RFE/ 
RL, Incorporated to provide programming content to tar-
get populations in Ukraine and Moldova 24 hours a day, 
7 days a week, including at least 8 weekly hours of total 
original video and television content and 14 weekly hours 
of total audio content while expanding cooperation with 
local media outlets and deploying greater content through 
multimedia platforms and mobile devices; and 
Whereas Vladimir Putin has established an increasingly au-
thoritarian regime in the Russian Federation through 
fraudulent elections, the persecution and jailing of polit-
ical opponents, the elimination of independent media, the 
seizure of key sectors of the economy and enabling sup-
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porters to enrich themselves through widespread corrup-
tion, and implementing a strident propaganda campaign 
to justify Russian aggression against other countries and 
repression in Russia, among other actions: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly supports the efforts by President 
Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish 
a lasting peace in their country that includes the full 
withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full 
control of its international borders, the disarming of 
separatist and paramilitary forces eastern Ukraine, 
the adoption of policies to reduce the ability of the 
Russian Federation to use energy exports and trade 
barriers as weapons to apply economic and political 
pressure, and an end to interference by the Russian 
Federation in the internal affairs of Ukraine; 
(2) affirms the right of Ukraine, Georgia, 
Moldova, and all countries to exercise their sovereign 
rights within their internationally recognized borders 
free from outside intervention and to conduct their 
foreign policy in accordance with their determination 
of the best interests of their peoples; 
(3) condemns the continuing political, economic, 
and military aggression by the Russian Federation 
against Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova and the con-
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tinuing violation of their sovereignty, independence, 
and territorial integrity; 
(4) states that the military intervention by the 
Russian Federation in Ukraine— 
(A) is in breach of its obligations under 
the United Nations Charter; 
(B) is in violation of the 1994 Budapest 
Memorandum on Security Assurances in which 
it pledged to respect the independence, sov-
ereignty, and existing borders of Ukraine and 
to refrain from the threat of the use of force 
against the territorial integrity or political inde-
pendence of Ukraine; and 
(C) poses a threat to international peace 
and security; 
(5) calls on the Russian Federation to reverse 
its illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula, to 
end its support of the separatist forces in Crimea, 
and to remove its military forces from that region 
other than those operating in strict accordance with 
its 1997 agreement on the Status and Conditions of 
the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the Territory of 
Ukraine; 
(6) calls on the President to cooperate with 
United States allies and partners in Europe and 
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other countries around the world to refuse to recog-
nize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian 
Federation; 
(7) calls on the Russian Federation to remove 
its military forces and military equipment from the 
territory of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, and to 
end its political, military, and economic support of 
separatist forces; 
(8) calls on the Russian Federation and the 
separatist forces it controls in Ukraine to end their 
violations of the ceasefire announced in Minsk on 
September 5, 2014; 
(9) calls on the President to cooperate with 
United States allies and partners in Europe and 
other countries around the world to impose visa 
bans, targeted asset freezes, sectoral sanctions, and 
other measures on the Russian Federation and its 
leadership with the goal of compelling it to end its 
violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial in-
tegrity, to remove its military forces and equipment 
from Ukrainian territory, and to end its support of 
separatist and paramilitary forces; 
(10) calls on the President to provide the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine with defense articles, services, 
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and training required to effectively defend its terri-
tory and sovereignty; 
(11) calls on the President to provide the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine with appropriate intelligence 
and other relevant information to assist the Govern-
ment of Ukraine to defend its territory and sov-
ereignty; 
(12) calls on North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO) allies and United States partners in 
Europe and other nations around the world to sus-
pend all military cooperation with Russia, including 
prohibiting the sale to the Russian Government of 
lethal and non-lethal military equipment; 
(13) reaffirms the commitment of the United 
States to its obligations under the North Atlantic 
Treaty, especially Article 5, and calls on all Alliance 
member states to provide their full share of the re-
sources needed to ensure their collective defense; 
(14) urges the President, in consultation with 
Congress, to conduct a review of the force posture, 
readiness, and responsibilities of United States 
Armed Forces and the forces of other members of 
NATO to determine if the contributions and actions 
of each are sufficient to meet the obligations of col-
lective self-defense under Article 5 of the North At-
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