; Whereas the United States and the Russian Federation are full members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Whereas the OSCE Moscow Document has established that issues relating to human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law … are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned ; Whereas, on February 27, 2018, Washington, DC, designated the street in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation as Boris Nemtsov Plaza to honor Mr. Nemtsov; and Whereas, on February 22, 2019, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, George Tsereteli, appointed Swedish Member of Parliament and Vice President of the Assembly Margareta Cederfelt as the rapporteur on the investigation of the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, with a mandate to review and report on the case and on the progress of the official Russian investigation: Now, therefore, be it