IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 697 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the coura-
geous work and life of Russian opposition leader Boris Yefimovich 
Nemtsov and renewing the call for a full and transparent investigation 
into the tragic murder of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov in Moscow on 
February 27, 2015. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. ENGEL) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the courageous work and life of Russian opposition 
leader Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov and renewing the call 
for a full and transparent investigation into the tragic 
murder of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov in Moscow on Feb-
ruary 27, 2015. 
Whereas February 27, 2016, marks the first anniversary of 
the murder of former Russian Deputy Prime Minister, 
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (referred to in this preamble 
as ‘‘Dr. Nemtsov’’); 
Whereas Dr. Nemtsov dedicated his life to the causes of free-
dom and human rights for the Russian people and sought 
to reduce the corruption in the Government of Russia; 
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Whereas, on February 27, 2015— 
(1) Dr. Nemtsov was murdered on the Bolshoi 
Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow in view of the Kremlin; 
and 
(2) President Obama called for a ‘‘prompt, impar-
tial, and transparent’’ investigation into the murder of 
Dr. Nemtsov; 
Whereas, on March 1, 2015, tens of thousands of people 
marched through central Moscow in remembrance of Dr. 
Nemtsov; 
Whereas the Russian courts and the Investigative Committee 
of the Russian Federation have consistently rejected re-
quests to qualify the murder of Dr. Nemtsov under Arti-
cle 277 of the Russian Criminal Code as ‘‘an attempt on 
the life of a public statesman’’; 
Whereas within 10 days of the murder of Dr. Nemtsov, 
Chechen suspect Zaur Dadayev admitted to killing Dr. 
Nemtsov at the behest of Ruslan Geremeyev, a senior of-
ficer in the Sever Battalion of Chechnya; 
Whereas, on March 8, 2015, Chechen leader Ramzan 
Kadyrov called Zaur Dadayev a ‘‘true patriot’’; 
Whereas, on March 9, 2015, Mr. Kadyrov was awarded the 
Order of Honor by Russian President Vladimir Putin; 
Whereas, on January 20, 2016, Aleksandr Bastrykin, the 
chief of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Fed-
eration responsible for investigating the murder of Dr. 
Nemtsov, declared that the case had been fully solved; 
Whereas the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federa-
tion charged only Ruslan Muhudinov, the driver of 
Ruslan Geremeyev, with organizing the murder of Dr. 
Nemtsov; 
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Whereas, on May 26, 2015, Russian opposition activist Vladi-
mir Kara-Murza, a close friend and colleague of Dr. 
Nemtsov, was severely poisoned by an unknown assailant, 
resulting in multiple organ failures and a coma; 
Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the daughter of Dr. 
Nemtsov, Zhanna Nemtsova, appealed to the Parliamen-
tary Assembly of the Council of Europe to investigate the 
murder of her father; 
Whereas, on February 1, 2016, Chechen leader Ramzan 
Kadyrov posted a video on Instagram that shows Russian 
opposition leaders Mikhail Kasyanov and Vladimir Kara- 
Murza through the crosshairs of a sniper rifle accom-
panied by the comment, ‘‘Those who did not understand, 
will understand’’; and 
Whereas the Russian Federation is a member of the Organi-
zation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the 
Council of Europe, which have the capacity to conduct a 
more credible investigation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the legacy of courageous Russian 
opposition leader Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, who 
dedicated his life to fighting corruption and pro-
moting the principles of democracy, rule of law, and 
the inherent dignity of human beings; 
(2) encourages the public release of all surveil-
lance tapes in the area surrounding the crime scene 
to aid in the investigation; 
(3) urges the United States Government, in of-
ficial contacts with representatives of the Russian 
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Government, to emphasize the importance of bring-
ing to justice all of the conspirators in the murder 
of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov; and 
(4) calls on the President to significantly in-
crease United States Government support for the 
causes for which Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov gave his 
life. 
Æ 
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