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Countering Russian Intimidation and Aggression and Building a Better Security Environment Remarks by The Hon Christopher A Ford Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation...An Array of Russian Challenges For now however the security environment is indeed challenging thanks in large part to Russia s destabilizing...

as we examine the current state of the U S Russia relationship and our strategy to deal with the Russian Fed eration It is timely to assess our relationship with Russia as we have re cently celebrated the...memberships in NATO and the EU But Mr Putin has taken Russia down another much darker path Today many Russians suffer while oligarchs enrich...

to local audiences while also covering the United States in all its complexity RFE RL RFA and OCB act as surrogate broadcasters providing access to professional and fact based regional and local news in...impact of our investments is great and we still have a chance to secure our competitive advantage if we act now This is a moment that USAGM was...

are also reaching a growing audience in and near Russia In fact RFE RL and VOA video content in Russian and Ukrain ian was viewed 8 billion times in the year since the full scale inva sion more than double...to local audiences while also covering the United States in all its complexity RFE RL RFA and OCB act as surrogate broadcasters providing...

Foreign Relations to which was referred the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Fed eration on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms signed...Offensive Arms the START Treaty of 1991 and the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive...

accountable for their bla tant atrocities of the rules based international order to combat their aggressive disinformation campaigns inside their own coun tries and around the world and to counter their...is why I will be introducing two important pieces of legisla tion first the Protect Global Heroes Act which will create a new limited visa...

four mil lion Venezuelans have fled I have been outspoken in my current role regarding the appalling acts perpetrated by the former Maduro regime from its use of food and hunger as a political tool to the...draw glob al attention to issues such as human rights religious freedom human trafficking atrocity prevention narcotics control and terrorism...

to better its position And I think it is important that we shine a light on this In the Strategic Act of the bill I talked about that I introduced earlier I make clear that we must address China as a global...of questionable value and create high debt burdens severe environmental damage and social unrest Aggressive and illegal Chinese fishing...

had originally planned to hold this hearing back in March However the need to focus on COVID 19 prevented us from doing that Even as we continue to address the pandemic and its impact on U S citizens it...and partners and the entire world And we know that not even a global pandemic will stop China s aggressive behavior whether that is in Hong Kong...

threat to our national interests and to the interests of our allies and friends As to Russia the Russian Government is making efforts to re turn us to the 1960s attempting to reignite a nuclear arms race...leveraging our own role as a coequal branch of government We face continuing and new challenges from an aggressive Rus sia a rising China and an...