Sec. 124. Support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet countries in light of Russian aggression and interference
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It is the sense of Congress that Congress— supports the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet countries within their internationally recognized borders; expresses deep concern over increasingly aggressive actions by the Russian Federation; is committed to providing sufficient funding for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of the Department of State to address subversive and destabilizing activities by the Russian Federation within post-Soviet countries; supports robust engagement between the United States and post-Soviet countries through— the promotion of strengthened people-to-people ties, including through educational and cultural exchange programs; anticorruption assistance; public diplomacy; economic diplomacy; and other democratic reform efforts; encourages the President to further enhance nondefense cooperation and diplomatic engagement with post-Soviet countries; condemns the subversive and destabilizing activities undertaken by the Russian Federation within post-Soviet countries; encourages enhanced cooperation between the United States and the European Union to promote greater Euro-Atlantic integration, including through— the enlargement of the European Union; and the Open Door policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; urges continued cooperation between the United States and the European Union to maintain sanctions against the Russian Federation until the Government of Russia has— fully implemented all provisions of the Minsk agreements, done at Minsk September 5, 2014 and February 12, 2015; and demonstrated respect for the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine; calls on the member states of the European Union to extend the current sanctions regime against the Russian Federation; and urges the consideration of additional sanctions if the Russian Federation continue to engage in subversive and destabilizing activities within post-Soviet countries.