On February 16, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ALEC recorded a Policy Hour podcast featuring Lisa B. Nelson, CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council and Ms. Karla Jones, Senior Director of the ALEC Federalism and International Relations Task Force as they discuss the then unfolding crisis in Ukraine with Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, Yaroslav Brisiuck, DCM of the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, Chris Holzen, Senior Advisor for Europe and Eurasia at the International Republican Institute, Alan Mendoza, Executive Director and Founder, Henry Jackson Society, Margus Särglepp, DCM, Estonian Embassy to the United States, and Damon Wilson, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy.

Background Materials

ALEC article by Karla Jones, “Putin’s Ukraine Gambit Unites Western Democracies He Sought to Divide” https://alec.org/article/putins-ukraine-gambit-unites-western-democracies-he-sought-to-divide/
CSPAN Video of February 23 UN Security Council Meeting including statement from Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5003018/user-clip-security-council-emergency-meeting-ukraines-ambassadors-remarks

Congresswoman Victoria Spartz’s Statement on Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-spartzs-statement-putins-invasion-ukraine

Condemnation of Russian Aggression from Estonian Leadership

https://news.err.ee/1608510773/estonia-condemns-russia-s-attack-on-ukraine-evil-is-real

International Republican Institute Statement on Russia’s Military Attack against Ukraine

https://www.iri.org/news/iri-statement-on-russias-military-attack-on-ukraine/

National Endowment for Democracy’s Statement on Russian Aggression against Ukraine

https://www.ned.org/ned-stands-in-solidarity-with-ukraine/

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