Over 1,600 complaints filed by people with disabilities in 20 months – Russian OmbudsmanOver 1,600 complaints have been submitted to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Righs by people with disabilities from January 2019 to August 2020, Tatiana Moskalkova has reported.15:23 29.10.2020
Russian PM extends simplified disability confirmation procedureRussia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order extending a temporary simplified procedure of disability confirmation until March 1, 2021.13:13 21.10.2020
Civic Chamber urges registry of sources for financing minors suffering from rare diseasesMember of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of Noncommercial Sector and Support of Socially Oriented NGOs Elena Topoleva-Soldunova believes it is necessary to create a unified registry or a database for monitoring the financing of treatment of patients suffering from so called orphan diseases.17:17 15.10.2020
Russian health authorities promise to reinforce convict medical care - human rights bodyRussia’s Ministry of Health has drafted recommendations on the improvement of prisoners’ medical treatment for regions following a request from the Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:21 14.10.2020
St. Petersburg resident allegedly behind oncology drug thefts from city clinics detainedSt. Petersburg resident Sergey Voitovich suspected of being the mastermind of thefts of oncology drugs from specialized city clinics has been detainedю15:30 12.10.2020
Case over infection of 157 children in Amur Region with hepatitis reaches courtA court in the Amur Region is to hear a criminal case against three doctors of the regional children’s hospital charged with negligence resulting in infection of 157 minors with hepatitis C.15:10 09.10.2020
Bill on informing Interior Ministry about unidentified patients reaches State DumaA bill envisaging that the Interior Ministry is to be mandatory informed about admitted to and deceased in medical establishments unidentified patients has been submitted to the State Duma.15:33 07.10.2020
Head of Russian Human Rights Council calls to faster put SMA cure on essential drugs listChair of Russia’s Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has asked the Russian Government to faster include Spinraza medication on the list of vital and essential drugs.11:04 07.10.2020
Moscow Mayor’s Office recommends residents to follow COVID-19 warningsMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has recommended that city residents aged 65 and older and sickly people do not leave their apartments or country houses without the need over degradation of the epidemiological situation.11:17 25.09.2020
Sham doctor sentenced to 4.5 years in jail for illegal abortionsMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday sentenced Natalya Stolbovskoya, who had casted herself as gynecology doctor, to 4.5 years in penal colony for illegal abortions and substandard services.15:06 21.09.2020
Two defendants in kids trade case seek making plea deal – lawyerTwo defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children have agreed to cooperate with investigators.12:40 09.09.2020
Police arrest suspects in Moscow Region surgical masks warehouse robberyPolice have arrested fout suspects in robbery and stealing 2 million medical face masks from a Moscow Region warehouse.11:54 07.09.2020
Radio fined $4K for fake about hospital equipment deficiency during pandemicA magistrate court of Moscow’s Tverskoy district on Friday fined Radio Svoboda (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for fake information on the equipment deficiency in St. Petersburg hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.15:24 28.08.2020
Mother urges to provide her seriously ill child with drug worth over $1 mlnA woman in court requests the St. Petersburg healthcare committee to urgently provide her child with a drug worth over $1 million.16:07 25.08.2020
Industrial chemicals found in body of Alexey Navalny – policeIndustrial chemicals were found in the body of Alexey Navalnny during the analysis of wipe samples fron his clothes, hands, nails and hair.17:28 21.08.2020
Defendants in fake COVID-19 tests sale case receive suspended termsThree defendants in a case over selling fake coronavirus short-term tests on Tuesday received one-year suspended terms each, according to the ruling of Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court.14:51 18.08.2020
Moskalkova asks U.S. Attorney General to back Russian mother’s sentence mitigation pleaRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has requested United States Attorney General William Barr to support a sentence mitigation motion filed by Bogdana Osipova convicted of the so-called kidnapping of her own children.11:47 18.08.2020
Actor Efremov charged with fatal crash suffered blood stroke, remains in hospital – lawyerActor Mikhail Efremov charged with deadly road traffic accident committed under the influence of alcohol has suffered a brain attack and remains in a hospital, he is in a moderately grave condition.15:43 12.08.2020
Doctors suspect actor Efremov charged with fatal crash may have preinfarction anginaDoctors suspect actor Mikhail Efremov charged with deadly road traffic accident committed under the influence of alcohol may have a pre-myocardial infarction or potential stroke condition.15:24 11.08.2020
Russian children’s ombudsman welcomes foreign drug purchase liberalizationRussia’s Child Rights Commissioner has supported liberalization of purchase of certain foreign drugs.17:26 07.08.2020