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Over 1,600 complaints filed by people with disabilities in 20 months – Russian Ombudsman

Over 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 procedure

Russia’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 diseases

Member 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 body

Russia’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 detained

St. Petersburg resident Sergey Voitovich suspected of being the mastermind of thefts of oncology drugs from specialized city clinics has been detainedю

15:30 12.10.2020

Case over infection of 157 children in Amur Region with hepatitis reaches court

A 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 Duma

A 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 list

Chair 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 warnings

Moscow 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 abortions

Moscow’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 – lawyer

Two 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 robbery

Police 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 pandemic

A 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 mln

A 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 – police

Industrial 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 terms

Three 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 plea

Russia’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 – lawyer

Actor 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 angina

Doctors 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 liberalization

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner has supported liberalization of purchase of certain foreign drugs.

17:26 07.08.2020