US Congress Senate Resolution 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-17 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S914-915)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) in cases dealing with perceived threats to authorities the Russian judiciary is frequently used as an instrument of the Kremlin; (2) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are political prisoners who have been denied due process rights under international law; (3) in light of the record of selective prosecution, politicization, and abuse of process involved in their cases, the 2010 conviction against Mr. Khodorkovsky and Mr. Lebedev should be overturned; and (4) the government of Russia is encouraged to take these actions to further a more positive relationship between the governments and people of the United States and Russia.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the conviction by the Government of Russia of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that flagrantly undermines the rule of law and independence of the judicial system of Russia.

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-17	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S914-915)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/65/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sres65/BILLS-112sres65is.pdf