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Senator Ben Cardin D Md Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced the Belarus and Russia Democratic Governance during Exile BRIDGE Act following a powerful and moving event welcoming home...Russians Belarusians and Ukrainians unjustly imprisoned and supporting those working for democracy in Russia and Belarus Since the full scale...

apprised of the strategic competition playing out on the continent between the U S on one side and Russia and China on the other Moving on to Asia the two career nominees before us today are the first of...We must move quickly To build our partnerships and strategically compete against adversaries like Russia and China we cannot let perfect be the...

with former U S Marine Paul Whelan who was wrongfully imprisoned for over five and a half years in Russia I was glad to meet with Paul Whelan yesterday and welcome him home after five and a half long years...Russian detention on false charges Paul shared with me the realities of being wrongfully detained in Russia Vladimir Putin s use of Americans...

U S has imposed to date The letter comes after Iran transferred short range ballistic missiles to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine Specifically we call on the EU to mirror efforts recently announced...airlines and other entities that have facilitated these ballistic missile and other weapons transfers to Russia the senators wrote However...

advocates and Biden Administration officials to renew the call for the release of political prisoners in Russia and support those fighting for democracy The event Set Them Free Recognizing Vladimir Kara Murza...where speakers read from personal messages that were sent to Kara Murza in his penal colony in Omsk Russia At today s event Chair Cardin...

Murza and Prisoners of the Kremlin an event dedicated to advocating for those unjustly detained by Russia The event follows the April media event that highlighted the cases of Vladimir Kara Murza and other...Damon Wilson President and CEO National Endowment for Democracy Natalia Arno President of the Free Russia Foundation Bipartisan Group of...

heard It should not surprise anyone that the model anti NGO law was first designed by Vladimir Putin Russia s anti NGO law has been used as a model since then across the world in repressive places In nations...

Street Journal reporter who was recently freed following nearly 16 months of wrongful detention in Russia Evan s safe return to the United States is a profound relief for our nation made possible by the...While our country welcomes him home our shared fight continues for every American unjustly held in Russia and around the world Print Email Share...

foreign agent registration laws and anti NGO laws to silence free speech is nothing new We see it in Russia Nicaragua and Uganda whose leaders have long used these tools to target journalists judges civil...goes into effect this fall Amazingly this law is modeled after a Russian law and considering what Russia has done to Georgia it is unbelievable...

appreciate your service as the U S ambassador to NATO especially during this crucial time addressing Russia s illegal invasion of Ukraine There s no doubt that has been and continues to be important However...will be responsible for the formulation and conduct of U S foreign policy globally Beyond addressing Russia s war against Ukraine the U S...