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On the recordApril 3, 2017
They should not be getting sanction relief unless they comply with the Helsinki Accords and remove itself from Crimea and its incursions into eastern Ukraine.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin calls for adherence to the Helsinki Accords before considering sanction relief for Russia.

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