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ENDING THE KREMLIN'S SUBVERSION CAMPAIGNS
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HON. ADAM KINZINGER
of illinois
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Mr. KINZINGER. Madam Speaker, earlier this month, I gave opening
remarks with my esteemed colleagues Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI), Rep.
Keating (D-MA) and Rep. Rooney (R-FL) at an event hosted by the Free
Russia Foundation discussing the Kremlin's disturbing and significant
attacks on Western institutions.
During the event, the Free Russia Foundation released a report, which
can be found at https://www.4freerussia.orglwp-content/uploads/2019/06/
misruleoflaw-web-pages.pdf, demonstrating how the Kremlin's active
measures and subversion campaigns infiltrate Western institutions to
undermine the rule of law. The power of this report comes from specific
instances of Russian influence and corrupt practices aimed at the
United States and European Union. This includes a Kremlin-directed
effort to pass legislation in European parliaments to effectively
nullify the Yukos shareholder court decisions, to the benefit of the
Russian Federation.
I encourage others to produce thoughtful research documenting Russian
abuses of the rule of law. I am glad a light is being shown on these
cases, but I know other instances of abuse continue unabated within
Russia. As a nation, we must stand up to Putin's disregard for the
international rule of law and ensure that the world is a safe place to
live and conduct business.
I encourage Congress to continue to hold hearings on Russia's malign
influence campaigns so the United States can defend our institutions
from manipulation and misuse by the Russians.
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