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HRES 588 111th Congress House International Affairs Criminal procedure and sentencing Due process and equal protection Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Rule of law and government transparency Russia

Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a…

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Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of Russia's judicial system.

Introduced: June 26, 2009 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are prisoners who have been denied basic due process rights under international law for political reasons and that new criminal charges brought against them should be withdrawn; and (2) the Russian Federation is encouraged to take these actions to support democratic principles and human rights in furtherance of a more positive U.S.-Russian relationship.

What's happening now June 26, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 588: Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of Russia's judicial system.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-588/
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"H. Res. 588: Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of Russia's judicial system.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-588/.
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H. Res. 588, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-588/.
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[H. Res. 588: Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of Russia's judicial system.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-588/)
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