,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,coons1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4
 ,johnson1 and ,mr4 ,gardner7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,calling for  
accountability and justice for the      
assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov4       
,whereas ,boris ,nemtsov was a ,russian 
statesman1 who over twenty-five years of
 public service served as ,member of    
,parliament1 ,governor of the ,nizhny   
,novgorod ,region1 and ,first ,deputy   
,prime ,minister of ,russia2 ,whereas   
,boris ,nemtsov throughout his life     
showed an unwavering commitment to the  
ideals of democracy1 freedom1 and the   
rule of law1 and to upholding the rights
 and dignity of ,russian citizens2      
,whereas ,boris ,nemtsov was a powerful 
voice in opposition to the              
authoritarianism and corruption of      

,vladimir ,putin's government1          
publicizing its abuses1 leading street  
protests against election fraud and the 
war on ,ukraine1 and successfully       
advocating for international sanctions  
on human rights violators2 ,whereas     
,boris ,nemtsov was co-chairman of a    
leading opposition party1 won election  
to the ,yaroslavl ,regional ,duma in    
#bjac1 and was planning to run for the  
,russian ,parliament in #bjaf and       
challenge ,vladimir ,putin for the      
presidency in #bjah2 ,whereas1 on the   
evening of ,february #bg1 #bjae1 ,boris 
,nemtsov was shot in the back and killed
 as he walked across ,bolshoi           
,moskvoretsky ,bridge near the ,kremlin 
in ,moscow2 ,whereas1 on ,march #g and  
#h1 #bjae1 ,russian authorities arrested
 five individuals1 all of them natives  
of the ,chechen ,republic1 on suspicion 
of carrying out the assassination1 while
 a sixth suspect allegedly blew himself 
up during the attempted arrest2 ,whereas
 the defendants were tried at the       

,moscow ,district ,military ,court1     
which on ,june #bi1 #bjag1 found them   
guilty of carrying out the assassination
 of ,boris ,nemtsov1 and on ,july #ac1  
#bjag1 sentenced them to different      
prison terms2 ,whereas1 at the time of  
the assassination1 the now-convicted    
gunman1 ,zaur ,dadayev1 was serving as a
 ,lieutenant in the ,internal ,troops of
 the ,interior ,ministry of the ,russian
 ,federation and as ,deputy ,battalion  
,commander in the ,sever 7,north7       
,regiment stationed in the ,chechen     
,republic1 under the command of the     
,internal ,troops ,commander1 ,general  
,viktor ,zolotov1 and the               
,kremlin-backed head of the ,chechen    
,republic1 ,ramzan ,kadyrov2 ,whereas   
,ramzan ,kadyrov has called ,lieutenant 
,zaur ,dadayev a true patriot and has   
publicly referred to ,boris ,nemtsov as 
an enemy of ,russia2 ,whereas by ,decree
 ,no4 #aae issued on ,march #h1 #bjae1  
,president ,vladimir ,putin awarded     
,ramzan ,kadyrov the ,order of ,honor2  

,whereas1 according to reports published
 in ,,rbc newspaper on ,january #bj1    
#bjaf1 ,general ,alexander ,bastrykin1  
chairman of the ,investigative          
,committee of the ,russian ,federation1 
has on two occasions prevented          
investigators from indicting ,major     
,ruslan ,geremeyev1 ,battalion          
,commander in the ,sever 7,north7       
,regiment of the ,internal ,troops of   
the ,ministry of ,internal ,affairs of  
the ,russian ,federation stationed in   
the ,chechen ,republic and a close      
associate of ,ramzan ,kadyrov1 as an    
organizer in the assassination2         
,whereas1 according to reports published
 in ,novaya ,gazeta newspaper on        
,december #i1 #bjaf1 operatives of the  
,federal ,security ,service of the      
,russian ,federation in the ,chechen    
,republic have failed to serve ,major   
,ruslan ,geremeyev with a summons for   
questioning as a witness1 reporting to  
their superiors that on the sole        
occasion they attempted to do so1       

8nobody opened the door02 ,whereas1     
despite requests from the legal team    
representing ,boris ,nemtsov's family1  
the ,investigative ,committee of the    
,russian ,federation and the ,moscow    
,district ,military ,court have refused 
to question high-ranking persons of     
interest1 including ,ramzan ,kadyrov and
 ,general ,viktor ,zolotov2 ,whereas the
 ,investigative ,committee of the       
,russian ,federation has1 to this day1  
not issued any indictments against the  
organizers or masterminds of the        
assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov1 with  
the exception of ,major ,ruslan         
,geremeyev's driver1 ,ruslan            
,mukhudinov1 who is named alongside     
other unidentified persons2 ,whereas the
 ,investigative ,committee of the       
,russian ,federation and the ,moscow    
,district ,military ,court have refused 
to classify the assassination of ,boris 
,nemtsov under ,article #bgg of the     
,criminal ,code as encroachment on the  
life of a statesman or a public figure1 

choosing instead ,article #aje that     
deals with common domestic murders2     
,whereas1 throughout the proceedings at 
the ,moscow ,district ,military ,court1 
the judge repeatedly disallowed         
questions relating to political motives 
behind the assassination2 ,whereas the  
,federal ,protective ,service of the    
,russian ,federation has refused to     
release video footage from the security 
cameras on ,bolshoi ,moskvoretsky       
,bridge from the night of the           
assassination1 claiming in a letter to  
,state ,duma ,member ,dmitry ,gudkov on 
,november #f1 #bjae1 that the bridge    
next to the ,kremlin is not a protected 
object2 ,whereas1 on ,may #ah1 #bjag1   
the ,parliamentary ,assembly of the     
,council of ,europe appointed           
,lithuanian ,member of ,parliament      
,emanuelis ,zingeris as its special     
rapporteur on the need to shed light on 
the background of the murder of ,boris  
,nemtsov1 with a mandate to review and  
report on the case and on the progress  

of the official ,russian investigation2 
,whereas1 on ,may #bd1 #bjah1 the       
,russian ,foreign ,ministry informed    
,emanuelis ,zingeris that he is         
forbidden from entering the ,russian    
,federation2 ,whereas1 at its           
twenty-seventh annual session held on   
,july #g-aa1 #bjah1 the ,parliamentary  
,assembly of the ,organization for      
,security and ,cooperation in ,europe   
7,,osce7 adopted a resolution urging    
,russian authorities to undertake a new1
 full and thorough investigation into   
the ,february #bjae assassination of    
,boris ,nemtsov2 ,whereas1 on ,july #h1 
#bjah1 the ,parliamentary ,assembly of  
the ,organization for ,security and     
,cooperation in ,europe held a public   
event to discuss the need for ,,osce    
oversight of the official ,russian      
investigation into the assassination of 
,boris ,nemtsov2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states and the ,russian ,federation are
 full members of the ,organization for  
,security and ,cooperation in ,europe2  

,whereas the ,,osce ,moscow ,document   
has established that issues relating to 
human rights1 fundamental freedoms1     
democracy and the rule of law ''' are   
matters of direct and legitimate concern
 to all participating ,states and do not
 belong exclusively to the internal     
affairs of the ,state concerned2        
,whereas1 on ,february #bg1 #bjah1      
,washington1 ,,dc designated the street 
in front of the ,embassy of the ,russian
 ,federation as ,boris ,nemtsov ,plaza  
to honor ,mr4 ,nemtsov2 and ,whereas1 on
 ,february #bb1 #bjai1 the ,president of
 the ,parliamentary ,assembly of the    
,organization for ,security and         
,cooperation in ,europe1 ,george        
,tsereteli1 appointed ,swedish ,member  
of ,parliament and ,vice ,president of  
the ,assembly ,margareta ,cederfelt as  
the rapporteur on the investigation of  
the assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov1   
with a mandate to review and report on  
the case and on the progress of the     
official ,russian investigation3 ,now1  

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 commemorates the life of ,russian  
opposition leader ,boris ,nemtsov and   
his work to advance democracy and human 
rights in ,russia2  7#b7 condemns       
,vladimir ,putin and his regime for     
targeting political opponents and       
working to cover up the assassination of
 ,boris ,nemtsov2  7#c7 urges the       
,united ,states ,government1 in all its 
interactions with the ,government of the
 ,russian ,federation1 to raise the case
 of the assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov
 and underscore the necessity of        
bringing the organizers and masterminds 
to justice2  7#d7 supports the efforts  
by the ,organization for ,security and  
,cooperation in ,europe and its         
,parliamentary ,assembly to initiate    
oversight of the official ,russian      
investigation into the assassination of 
,boris ,nemtsov2  7#e7 calls on the     
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
to allow an impartial international     
investigation of the assassination of   

,boris ,nemtsov and to cooperate with   
the ,parliamentary ,assembly of the     
,organization for ,security and         
,cooperation in ,europe and the         
,parliamentary ,assembly of the ,council
 of ,europe in their ongoing inquiries  
over this case2  7#f7 calls on the      
,secretary of ,state and the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury to use their authority 
under the ,sergei ,magnitsky ,rule of   
,law ,accountability ,act 7title ,,iv of
 ,public ,law #aab-bjh7 and the ,global 
,magnitsky ,human ,rights               
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh7 to
 designate individuals whom they        
determine to have been involved in the  
assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov as     
perpetrators1 organizers1 or            
masterminds1 on the list of specially   
designated nationals and blocked persons
 maintained by the ,office of ,foreign  
,assets ,control of the ,department of  
the ,treasury1 freezing their assets and
 making them ineligible to receive      

,united ,states visas2 and  7#g7 calls  
on the ,secretary of ,state1 in         
consultation with the ,director of      
,national ,intelligence1 to prepare and 
submit to ,congress a report detailing  
the circumstances of the ,february #bg1 
#bjae1 assassination of ,boris ,nemtsov1
 including the list of individuals whom 
they determine to have been involved in 
the assassination as perpetrators1      
organizers1 or masterminds1 and         
identifying what measures1 if any1 have 
been taken by the ,government of the    
,russian ,federation to investigate this
 crime and bring its perpetrators1      
organizers1 and masterminds to justice1 
and evaluating the effectiveness of such
 measures4