IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 27 
Condemning Russia’s unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian opposition 
leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who has stood up in defense of democracy, 
the rule of law, and free and fair elections in Russia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2023 
Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. COHEN, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. SHERMAN) 
submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Condemning Russia’s unjust and arbitrary detention of Rus-
sian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who has 
stood up in defense of democracy, the rule of law, and 
free and fair elections in Russia. 
Whereas, on April 11, 2022, Vladimir Kara-Murza was un-
justly detained by Russian authorities for spreading sup-
posedly ‘‘false information’’ in a speech in March 2022 
to the Arizona House of Representatives; 
Whereas Mr. Kara-Murza in his March 15, 2022, speech pre-
sented a defiant condemnation of Vladimir Putin’s poli-
cies and leadership outlining his corruption and malign 
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intentions, and condemning the illegal war of aggression 
Putin has unleashed against Ukraine; 
Whereas, prior to his arrest in April 2022, Mr. Kara-Murza 
was poisoned twice by agents of the Russian Government 
and the Russian Federation in 2015 and 2017 with a 
military-grade agent banned internationally, likely in re-
taliation for his defiant stance in support of rule of law 
and democracy in Russia; 
Whereas, despite having survived two assassination attempts 
and the subsequent side effects of these poisonings, Mr. 
Kara-Murza regularly returned to Russia to advocate for 
democratic representation in Russia; 
Whereas Mr. Kara-Murza has consistently advocated for de-
mocracy in Russia and insisted that democracy in Russia 
must be advanced by Russians for all those living in Rus-
sia; 
Whereas, in August 2022, new charges were brought against 
Mr. Kara-Murza for ‘‘carrying out the activities’’ of an 
‘‘undesirable foreign organization’’ and his arrest was ex-
tended for his work as a leading member of Russian civil 
society; 
Whereas, in October 2022, Mr. Kara-Murza was further 
charged unjustly with ‘‘high treason’’ in part due to his 
public condemnations of the Kremlin’s military aggres-
sion on Ukraine and domestic repressions; 
Whereas Mr. Kara-Murza remains in pretrial detention and 
faces a prison sentence of up to 24 years on high treason 
and other charges; 
Whereas the state of Mr. Kara-Murza’s health has deterio-
rated and in addition to losing over 45 pounds, he was 
diagnosed with polyneuropathy, a condition that under 
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Russian law should preclude him from his current detain-
ment; 
Whereas, as a result of his diagnosis, he has lost feeling in 
both his feet and has experienced symptoms similar to 
those he experienced following his 2015 poisoning due to 
peripheral nerve damage; 
Whereas section 5599F of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 
Law 117–263) condemned Mr. Kara-Murza’s unjust de-
tention, expressed solidarity with Mr. Kara-Murza, his 
family, and all individuals imprisoned in Russia for their 
beliefs, and urged the United States and other ally gov-
ernments to work to secure the release of Mr. Kara- 
Murza and other citizens of the Russian Federation im-
prisoned for opposition to Vladimir Putin’s regime and 
his illegal war in Ukraine; 
Whereas, in April 2022, Vladimir Kara-Murza was presented 
the McCain Institute’s Courage and Leadership Award 
for his unwavering commitment to fundamental values 
and his acts of selfless courage which have inspired the 
world; 
Whereas, in October 2022, Mr. Kara-Murza was awarded the 
Vaclav Havel Prize honoring outstanding civil society ac-
tion in defense of human rights; 
Whereas the late Senator John McCain said Mr. Kara-Murza 
‘‘is a brave, outspoken, and relentless advocate for free-
dom and democracy in Russia’’ and introduced Mr. Kara- 
Murza as ‘‘a personal hero whose courage, selflessness, 
and idealism I find awe-inspiring’’; 
Whereas, in March 2023, the Department of the Treasury 
and the Department of State imposed Global Magnitsky 
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and other targeted sanctions on six Russians involved in 
Mr. Kara-Murza’s ongoing arbitrary detention, recog-
nized his role as ‘‘a major advocate for the adoption of 
Magnitsky-style sanctions authorities by the United 
States, Canada, European Union, and United Kingdom 
to target human rights abusers and corrupt actors in 
Russia’’, and called for his immediate release; and 
Whereas Mr. Kara-Murza remains a political prisoner and a 
victim of Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian state: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) condemns in the strongest possible terms 
the unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian demo-
cratic opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza; 
(2) calls on the Russian Federation to imme-
diately release Mr. Kara-Murza and all other Rus-
sian opposition leaders who are detained as a result 
of their opposition to the Putin regime; 
(3) calls on all Russian citizens to outright con-
demn Russia’s illegal and unjust invasion of Ukraine 
in the spirit of Mr. Kara-Murza’s defiant opposition 
stance in front of the Arizona House of Representa-
tives in March 2022; 
(4) expresses solidarity and calls for the release 
of all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus as 
well as Ukrainian citizens illegally held as prisoners 
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by Putin’s regime in violation of the rule of law as 
a result of their support for liberal democratic val-
ues; and 
(5) calls on the President of the United States 
and leaders from across the free world to work tire-
lessly for the release of political prisoners in Russia 
and increase support for those advocating for democ-
racy in Russia as well as independent media and 
civil society which Mr. Kara-Murza has worked to 
further. 
Æ 
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