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SCONRES 123 106th Congress Senate

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of…

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Official title: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation.

Introduced: July 10, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Jun 15, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5274-5275)
Jun 15, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5275)
Jun 15, 2000
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 Latest action June 15, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5274-5275)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses: (1) continuing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation; (2) concern over the failure of the Russian Government to privatize major segments of the Russian media; (3) concern over the pattern of Russian officials' surveillance and intimidation of Russian citizens and media; (4) regret and dismay at the detention and continued prosecution of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty journalist Andrei Babitsky; and (5) concern over the breaches of Russian legal procedure in the raid by the Russian Federal Security Service on Media-Most and the arrest of Vladimir Gusinsky. Calls on the President to express to the Russian President his concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation and to emphasize the U.S. concern that official pressures against such independent media and political manipulation of the state-owned Russian media are incompatible with democratic norms.
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 10, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 123: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-123/
MLA
"S. Con. Res. 123: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-123/.
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S. Con. Res. 123, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-123/.
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[S. Con. Res. 123: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-123/)
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