This is reported in a document published on the website of the US Congress.

The list of Russian political prisoners compiled by the Memorial human rights centre includes journalists, civil activists, human rights activists, members of peace organizations, and citizens of Ukraine from occupied Crimea.

"The House of Representatives condemns imprisonment on political grounds in Russia, which violates the country's international obligations in the field of human rights and the rule of law, and expresses its solidarity with all those illegally imprisoned by the Russian Federation", - the resolution said.

Besides, the document calls on all US representatives to raise the issue of political prisoners in negotiations with Russia, as well as - to apply "the Magnitsky Act" or other sanctions against those responsible for imprisonment for political reasons in Russia and occupied Crimea.

What is known

• The UN has declared illegal all Russian authorities in occupied Crimea.
• The United States calls on Russia to fully implement the Minsk agreements.
• The US mission to the United Nations called on Russia to immediately end the violations in occupied Crimea, release all unjustly imprisoned citizens, and return full control of the peninsula to Ukraine. Also, US Ambassador to the OSCE James Gilmore said that Russia has a special repressive policy against Crimean Tatars living on the occupied peninsula.