[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5344]
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  SA 1359. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Cardin) proposed an amendment to the 
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, 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; as follows:
        Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following: That Congress--
       (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the unjust and 
     arbitrary detention of Russian democratic opposition leader 
     Vladimir Kara-Murza;
       (2) calls on the Russian Federation to immediately release 
     Mr. Kara-Murza and all other Russian opposition leaders, 
     including Alexei Navalny, who are detained as a result of 
     their opposition to the Putin regime;
       (3) expresses solidarity with and calls for the release of 
     all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus, as well as 
     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 values; and
       (4) calls on the President of the United States and leaders 
     from across the free world to work tirelessly for the release 
     of political prisoners in Russia.
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