MOSCOW, August 20 (RAPSI) - The Presidential Council for Human Rights has drafted a bill to remember the victims of political repression, council chairman Mikhail Fedotov said at a news conference on Thursday.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev earlier approved the general approach to memorializing the victims of political repression. This included educational programs, free access to archives and other documents, government work on commemorating the victims of political repression as well as active patriotism.

Fedotov said that the Human Rights Council has been working on this concept for a long time. The human rights activists also drafted a federal bill that would amend the law on revising the status of victims of political repression and a number of other regulations.

“So far the bill has been approved up to the Finance Ministry level. It’s stalled there, but I believe we’ll get past this. Since we have already managed to get this state policy concept approved, I’m sure we can get the bill passed,” he said.

The Human Rights Council estimates that by 2013 over 400 political repression victim graves had been marked, and over 600 memorials installed. There are over 309 memorials and museums. In 2013, over 75 Russian regions commemorated the victims on the Memorial Day for Political Repression Victims on October 30.