RUSSIA

Appointments

U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group, S494 [2FE]

Articles and editorials

Honoring a Friendship Bonded in Defense of Human Rights From St. Petersburg, Russia to Washington, DC, E525 [17MR]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: prohibit regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions (see S. 15), S122 [25JA]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 402), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 1968), H3409 [24MY]

Courts: characterize conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that undermines the rule of law and Russian judicial independence (see S. Res. 65), S871 [17FE] (see H. Res. 327), H4528 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: modify authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for proliferation threat reduction projects and activities outside the former Soviet States (see S. 293), S614 [7FE]

Dept. of State: anniversary of Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program (see H. Res. 65), H510 [26JA]

Georgia (country): support sovereignty and territorial integrity, call upon Russia to fulfill terms of ceasefire agreements, and allow return of displaced persons and observer missions (see S. Res. 175, 175), S2839 [10MY]

Immigration: require the Dept. of State and SSA to help restore pensions earned in the former Soviet Union by immigrants now living in the U.S. (see H.R. 2494), H4851 [11JY]

International law: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see S. 1039), S3171 [19MY]

———make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (see H.R. 1575), H2909 [15AP]

Middle East: express that a Palestinian government which includes Hamas should be prohibited from receiving U.S. aid until that government publicly commits to the Quartet Principles (see H. Res. 244), H2999 [3MY]

Poland: anniversary of airplane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals (see S. Res. 135), S2266 [7AP]

———call for independent investigation into plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2581 [2MY] (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2913 [15AP]

———honor memory of victims, express sympathy to citizens and survivors of victims of airplane crash in Russia and solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support Polish Government (see H. Res. 213), H2534 [7AP]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): strengthen strategic force posture by implementing and supplementing certain provisions (see S. 1097), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 1750), H3107 [5MY]

Journals

Czar and the President, Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator and the Emancipator, S6659-S6662 [18OC]

Messages

National Emergency With Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in Russia: President Obama, S3919 [20JN], H4331 [20JN]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Ratification: President Obama, S480 [2FE]

Remarks in House

Azerbaijan: anniversary of Soviet attack on citizens of Baku, E71 [19JA], E131 [26JA]

Dept. of Defense: submit report on Russian nuclear forces and the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), H3718 [26MY]

Foreign aid: reduce U.S. assistance to certain nations, H441 [25JA]

Hungary: anniversary of Hungarian Revolution, E493 [15MR], E1892 [18OC]

International law: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (H.R. 1575), E740 [15AP]

Middle East: express that a Palestinian government which includes Hamas should be prohibited from receiving U.S. aid until that government publicly commits to the Quartet Principles, H4199 [15JN]

———express that a Palestinian government which includes Hamas should be prohibited from receiving U.S. aid until that government publicly commits to the Quartet Principles (H. Res. 244), E820 [5MY]

Poland: anniversary of airplane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals, H2330, H2336 [6AP]

———anniversary of Katyn Massacre by Soviet police, H2330, H2336 [6AP]

Space policy: military space intelligence funding, H3248 [12MY]

U.S. policy, H329 [19JA], H4370 [22JN], E228 [15FE]

Weapons: limit sharing of missile defense technology, H8144 [6DE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: anniversary of transfer from Russia to U.S., S6646, S6693-S6698 [18OC]

American Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation: tribute to exhibit honoring Czar Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, S6659 [18OC]

Arctic regions: oil and gas exploration, S3207 [23MY]

Courts: international court rulings on the legitimacy of Russian Government expropriation of Yukos Oil Co., S2721 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: modify authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for proliferation threat reduction projects and activities outside the former Soviet States (S. 293), S615 [7FE]

Human rights: violations, S54 [5JA], S7180 [8NO]

Nuclear energy: tribute to U.S.-Russian cooperation in civilian nuclear energy, S6864 [20OC]

Poland: anniversary of airplane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals, S2343 [8AP]

———anniversary of airplane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals (S. Res. 135), S2457 [13AP]

———anniversary of Katyn Massacre by Soviet police, S2343 [8AP]

Putin, Vladimir: comments in Associated Press (news service) article concerning Senator McCain as a POW, S8638 [15DE]

U.S. policy, S8395-S8398 [7DE]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): prohibit constraints on U.S. ability to develop missile defense systems, S350 [31JA], S3482-S3484 [6JN]

———renewal, S59 [5JA], S349-S353 [31JA], S3482-S3484 [6JN]

———require parties to enter into negotiations to address disparity between the nonstrategic nuclear weapons stockpiles of the parties, S351 [31JA]

———restrict use of warhead covers that interfere with Type One inspections and require telemetric exchanges on deployed ballistic missile systems, S351 [31JA]

———strengthen strategic force posture by implementing and supplementing certain provisions, S2862 [11MY], S8643-S8645 [15DE]

Weapons: limit sharing of missile defense technology, S8660 [15DE]

Reports filed

Georgian Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity, Russian Ceasefire Agreements Fulfillment, and Return of Displaced Persons and Observer Missions: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 175), S4960 [27JY]

Nomination of Michael A. McFaul To Be Ambassador to Russia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7991 [29NO]

Texts of

S. 1039, Rule of Law Accountability Act, S3181 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 14, call for independent investigation into plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals, S2584 [2MY]

S. Res. 65, characterize conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that undermines the rule of law and Russian judicial independence, S914 [17FE]

S. Res. 135, airplane crash in Russia that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and other individuals anniversary, S2281 [7AP], S2457 [13AP]

S. Res. 175, support Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity, call upon Russia to fulfill terms of ceasefire agreements, and allow return of displaced persons and observer missions, S5049 [29JY]

S. Res. 175, support sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia (country), call upon Russia to fulfill terms of ceasefire agreements, and allow return of displaced persons and observer missions, S2847 [10MY]