Last week was a victory for the Russian people over authoritarianism, corruption, and repression.
We are committed to engaging with, strengthening and modernizing Russian civil society.
It's important that we support the people of Russia in their pursuit of free, fair, and transparent elections.
I strongly urge rapid passage of this legislation, which has forced Russian officials to take this case more seriously.
Mr. Putin's reputation is much more concerning, problematic, from our point of view.
What this bill does is it closes that escape valve. It says that if you have committed murder, if you are responsible for torture, you can't...
Mike McFaul is as qualified as anyone could be to serve as Ambassador to Russia.
I agree with Senator Corker that it should be lifted, and it will only hurt ourselves if we don't lift it.
We need to be engaged on all fronts, including not least focusing on supporting the efforts of Russians to strengthen democracy and the rule...
it's going to be more hard-line on the human rights advancements and that it even puts more of a spotlight in importance on how we deal inte...
One thing I really want to see the administration do is to make an active effort to persuade the European Union to adopt similar measures.