ALL PHOTOS U.S. senators Marco Rubio and Ben Cardin introduced the Senate resolution condemning the Russian practice of politically motivated imprisonments

Moscow-Live.ru / Anton Krylov, They called on the administration of Donald trump to impose sanctions against officials of Russia, responsible for human rights violations. Lawmakers also demanded the release of all political prisoners in Russia

GPA Photo Archive / Flickr the Document was published to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. The resolution, which is Advisory in nature, there is a reminder that Russia, “as a member of the United Nations, the Organization for securityTy and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe, bound by the international obligations concerning human rights and the rule of law”

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U.S. senators Marco Rubio and Ben Cardin introduced the Senate resolution condemning the Russian practice of politically motivated imprisonments. They called on the administration of Donald trump to impose sanctions against officials of Russia, responsible for human rights violations. Lawmakers also demanded the release of all political prisoners in Russia. About it reports Russian service of “voice of America”.

the Document was published to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. The resolution, which is Advisory in nature, there is a reminder that Russia, “as a member of the United Nations, the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe, bound by the international obligations concerning human rights and the rule of law”, writes Deutsche Welle.

“the Brazen murder of Boris Nemtsov is a reminder that all free men must resist those who deny freedom and basic rights of other people, – said Senator Cardin. We urge the release of political prisoners in Russia thrown in jail in violation of international law. We must condemn human rights violations in Russia. And we must punish those who is responsible for this”.

the resolution of the U.S. Senate States that on 28 January 2020 43 parliamentarians from 16 European countries presented in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) resolution urging to appoint a Rapporteur “to examine the growing crisis of politically-motivated jailings in the Russian Federation”. According to the human rights centre “memorial”, the number of political prisoners in the Russian Federation in 2015 has increased by more than 6 times.

Statements in connection with the fifth anniversary of the death of Nemtsov also volhostile Chairman and co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission at the US Congress, the lawmaker Alcee L. Hastings and Senator Roger Wicker. Hastings said that Russia “has lost one of its most ardent defenders, who were persecuted for his activism and truth in the face of authority. Justice in this case has still not happened. I regret that the Russian authorities apparently chose the policy, not search and punishment of those responsible for organizing the death of Boris Nemtsov”. Co-chair Wicker called for the death of Nemtsov “a carefully thought-out political blow”.

29 February in Moscow held a consistent March in memory of Nemtsov. This provider of bulk SMS sending TeraSMS blocked notification about the March to members of the party “Yabloko” from mentioning “Vladimir Putin amendments to the Constitution”. Action in memory of Nemtsov is scheduled for February 29 in other cities – St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Chelyabinsk, Saratov, Perm, Kazan. In some regions, the organizers were faced with the obstacles of the authorities: in Cheboksary, the organizers of the March sent to the cemetery in St. Petersburg application for the March was agreed only the third time, pridralis to the acronym of the Russian Federation, which does not exist in Russian law and the Constitution.

In Volgograd the meeting is not agreed on, under the pretext of cleaning and landscaping. In Kemerovo, the wife of the organizer of the March were laid off at work. “Formally, the nurse with forty years experience said she gets laid off. However in informal conversations the dismissal was connected with her husband’s activity”, – declared in party “the Apple”. In Astrakhan, the representative of the party “Parnas” has filed a formal application for the organization of the referendum on renaming of Lenin square in the area of Boris Nemtsov.

In Prague in the five-year anniversary of the murder, and his name was called, the area near the Russian Embassy. Peskov said that it is the sovereign right of the authorities of the Czech capital, but the Kremlin would prefer, “to the city authorities at the same time not forgettingAli about the Red army, the red army soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of the city from the Nazis”.

the European Union on the anniversary of the murder, and called for a full and transparent investigation of the crime and the prosecution of all involved in it. The official representative of the head of EU diplomacy Peter Stano noted that the Germans “is still a source of inspiration for many, while civil society and independent media in Russia, more and more oppressed, and freedom is limited by prohibitions”.

Deputy U.S. Ambassador in Moscow, Bart Gorman said that the Germans “fought for a better future for their country,” fought “all the Russians were able to have a voice” and “continues to inspire me and all those who seek justice, transparency and freedom”.

“We again call on the Russian authorities to find the organizers and customers of this terrible crime. We also call on Russian authorities to honor his memory for confirmation of commitment to freedom of speech, Assembly, religion, peaceful Assembly,” said Gorman.