IV 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 968 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2009 Mr. Hastings of Florida submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing sympathy for and solidarity with the people of the Russian Federation following the bombing of the Nevsky Express.

Whereas on the night of November 27, 2009, a bomb exploded on the railroad tracks derailing the Nevsky Express, a passenger train traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia; Whereas more than 25 people were killed and scores more wounded in this terrorist attack; Whereas the attack on the Nevsky Express was the worst terrorist attack in Russia in years, outside the volatile North Caucasus; Whereas such acts of violence against civilian targets are clearly intended to spread fear across all levels of society and thus injure, at least psychologically, a far greater number of people than those physically present at the scene of the attack; and Whereas the United States and many other nations have also experienced such acts of terrorism: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)expresses sympathy for and solidarity with the people of the Russian Federation following the bombing of the Nevsky Express; (2)condemns all acts of terrorism wherever they may occur and against whomever they may be directed; and (3)directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States.