118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 27 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
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
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malign intentions, and condemning the illegal war of ag-
gression 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, in April 2023, Mr. Kara-Murza was unjustly sen-
tenced to 25 years in prison; 
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 
Russian law should have precluded him from detainment;
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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 
and other targeted sanctions on six Russians involved in 
Mr. Kara-Murza’s ongoing arbitrary detention, recog-
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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, in-
cluding Ukrainian citizens illegally held as prisoners 
by Putin’s regime in violation of the rule of law as 
a result of their support for liberal democratic val-
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ues, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist 
Alsu Kurmasheva, and wrongfully-detained Ameri-
cans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich; 
(5) calls on the United States Government to 
designate Mr. Kara-Murza, as well as Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, 
as wrongfully detained under the Levinson Act; and 
(6) 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 27 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Condemning Russia’s unjust and arbitrary deten-
tion of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara- 
Murza who has stood up in defense of democ-
racy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections 
in Russia.