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Expressing the sense of the Senate that President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

S. Res. 536 · 117th Congress · Mar 7, 2022 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the Senate that—
(1)
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation has committed war crimes as defined by the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, and other international bodies by—
(A)
initiating an unprovoked war;
(B)
violating the sovereignty of Ukraine repeatedly;
(C)
targeting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings, militarily;
(D)
targeting government facilities unrelated to legitimate military objectives; and
(E)
attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government led by President Volodymyr Zelensky; and
(2)
since President Vladimir Putin is the Commander in Chief (equivalent) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and as such was involved in the planning of the invasion of Ukraine, he is culpable of launching a war of aggression and the systematic commission of war crimes during that war by Russian troops.