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File ID: #11649
Date: 03/10/2022
Commission Meeting Date: 03/10/2022
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Type: Resolution
Subject: Resolution Condemning Russian President Putin
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-22-0111
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 11649
Final Action Date:3/10/2022
DECLARING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND ALL HIS ALLIES, OLIGARCHS, AND
SUPPORTERS WAR CRIMINALS AND PERSONAS NON GRATA IN THE CITY
OF MIAMI
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION STRONGLY
CONDEMNING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ("PUTIN") AND THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR INVADING THE SOVEREIGN COUNTRY OF
UKRAINE; FURTHER CONDEMNING PUTIN FOR HIS HISTORY OF
COMMITTING WAR CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND ACTS OF
AGGRESSION GLOBALLY; DECLARING PUTIN AND ALL HIS ALLIES,
OLIGARCHS, AND SUPPORTERS WAR CRIMINALS AND PERSONAS NON
GRATA IN THE CITY OF MIAMI; EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
AND ITS PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
PARTNERS TO CONTINUE APPLYING THE MAXIMUM ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AS WELL AS SUPPLYING DEFENSIVE
MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS LISTED.
WHEREAS, the International Criminal Court ("ICC") is an international tribunal that
seeks to uphold the rule of law, especially in areas where no rule of law exists, by investigating
and trying individuals charged "with the gravest crimes of concern to the international
community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression"; and
WHEREAS, the ICC recognizes the grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions
and other serious violations of laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict as
war crimes, including, but not limited to, the willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including
biological experiments, the willful causing of great suffering or serious injury to body or health,
and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, especially civilian objects or
infrastructure, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly; and
WHEREAS, prior to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin
("Putin"), his allies, oligarchs, and supporters and the Russian Federation have had a long
history of committing acts of aggression, human rights violations, and acts that constitute war
crimes within Russia and around the globe, including in Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, and Syria;
WHEREAS, in 1999, Russia Federation forces engaged in the indiscriminate use of
force against the people of Chechnya, including use of cluster munitions against civilians,
resulting in 50,000 Chechens, mostly civilians, dead or missing; and
WHEREAS, during the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, Russia Federation forces
engaged with cluster munitions in indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks that resulted in the
death of over 200 civilians and injuring far more; and
WHEREAS, Putin violated the sovereignty of Ukraine and used military force to seize
control and unlawfully occupy Crimea and eastern Ukraine, indiscriminately targeting and killing
thousands of innocent civilians since 2014; and
WHEREAS, Russia was deemed responsible for shooting down commercial Malaysia
Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, which resulted in the death of 298
civilians; and
WHEREAS, rebel forces supported by the Russian Federation were deemed responsible
for a missile attack on January 24, 2015, in Mariupol, Ukraine that indiscriminately targeted
civilians resulting in the death of at least 30 and injuring many more; and
WHEREAS, in 2016 and 2017, Russian airstrikes deployed "bunker -busting" and
incendiary bombs capable of destroying military installations on civilian structures in Aleppo,
Syria, many of which were recklessly indiscriminate or purposefully targeting civilian
infrastructure resulting in the death of over 400 civilians, including 90 children; and
WHEREAS, United States intelligence has concluded Putin and his regime have
engaged in countless crimes against humanity in Russia, including ordering the poisoning of
Alexei Navalny and Sergei and Yulia Skripal, and the false imprisonment and torture that lead to
the death of Sergei Magnitsky; and
WHEREAS, Putin has long sought to control Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union
and with greater zeal after many countries in Eastern and Central Europe, once part of the
Soviet bloc, proceeded toward democratic governments and allied with western European
nations; and
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2022, after months of troop and tank buildups, Russia
began shelling and rocket attacks on several major cities in Ukraine, including its capital, Kyiv at
the direction of Putin; and
WHEREAS, since then, Putin and Russian Federation forces have targeted and
reportedly killed more than 300 civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, while
engaging in Ukrainian urban centers causing widespread devastation to civilian infrastructure
throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, Ukranian ambassadors have claimed Putin ordered the use of thermobaric
weapons and cluster munitions to be used in various civilian and urban areas of Ukraine; and
WHEREAS, the Russian Federation forces have met with strong and courageous
opposition from the Ukrainian military and citizen -resistance; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its
Western European allies have announced strong measures that undoubtedly will cause Moscow
to suffer economically even as it struggles against Ukraine militarily; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission stands with the international community in strongly
condemning the egregious actions of Putin and the Russian Federation and expresses its
support for Ukraine and its people and the continued application of economic sanctions to
Russia as well as supplying defensive military assistance to Ukraine; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2-33(f) of the City Code, the City Commission,
by a majority vote, hereby deems this Resolution to be of an emergency nature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as though fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission stands with the international community in strongly
condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation for invading the
sovereign country of Ukraine.
Section 3. The City Commission further condemns Putin for his history of committing
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of aggression globally.
Section 4. The City Commission hereby declares Putin, his allies, oligarchs, and
supporters war criminals and personas non grata in the City of Miami.
Section 5. The City Commission expresses support for the people of Ukraine and
encourages the United States and its partners to continue applying the maximum economic
sanctions against Russia.
Section 6. The City Commission directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of this
Resolution to President Joseph R. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken, United States Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, United States
Representatives Maria Salazar and Frederica Wilson, President of the United Nations Abdulla
Shahid, Ambassador Linda Thomas -Greenfield, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,
Ambassador Julianne Smith, all the member cities through the United States Conference of
Mayors, and all city governments in the United States.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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