[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2556-2557]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING BORIS NEMTSOV

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday, February 27, 
marked the first anniversary of the assassination of Russian pro-
democracy and opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was tragically 
gunned down in Moscow.
  Killed just days before he was due to publish evidence of Russian 
military involvement in Ukraine, Boris led the effort in exposing the 
regime's corruption at every turn as he fought for a more open and 
democratic Russia.
  Mr. Speaker, this poster was actually used in Russia by Boris' 
supporters protesting in the aftermath of his murder.
  I had the honor of working with Boris for many years, and he would 
want us

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to do our part to hold Putin accountable. But we cannot forget the 
questionable circumstances surrounding his murder.
  I call on the administration to sanction any Russian official 
involved in Boris' murder, and I urge that their names be added now to 
the Magnitsky list of human rights violators. Let's honor Boris in this 
way.

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