Russia’s Ombudsman seeks permit to visit detainees for her staffThe Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed that her staff was granted the right to visit people held in pre-trial detention centers and colonies.00:18 13.04.2021
Marrow Donor Register to appear in RussiaThe Federal Marrow Donor Register will be created in Russia, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.15:04 08.04.2021
Russian human rights advocates keep track of Navalny’s healthMembers of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights keep track of Alexey Navalny’s health condition and his treatment, according to the Council’s Chair Valery Fadeyev.13:49 08.04.2021
Russia’s Ombudsman reports numerous complaints about refusals to initiate criminal casesThe Russian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has urged to exclude a procedure, in the framework of which criminal cases are to be initiated after citizens submit their statements about crimes, so investigations could be started immediately after receiving the said statements.12:36 06.04.2021
Russia’s Ombudsman receives over 400 appeals regarding citizens' petitions to authoritiesIn 2020, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova received 448 appeals from citizens as concerns the realization of their right to turn to public authorities.17:46 01.04.2021
Administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers – MoskalkovaRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova believes that such punishment as administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers having children under 14.16:12 01.04.2021
President proposes Moskalkova for post of Russia’s Human Rights CommissionerPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday proposed Tatiana Moskalkova for the position of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights.15:04 01.04.2021
Number of administrative offence complaints increased in 2020 – Russian OmbudsmanThe number of administrative case complaints submitted to the Federal Ombudsman has increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tatiana Moskalkova.13:58 01.04.2021
About 10,000 calls from citizens accepted by Russia’s Ombudsman over yearRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has accepted around 10,000 telephone calls from citizens since March 2020.16:56 25.03.2021
Nearly 45,000 applications submitted to Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner in 2020Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova received 44,087 complaints in 2020. According to her press service, 4.3% (1,910) of all applications are collective.14:25 25.03.2021
Parliament’s lower house adopts bill on state protection of military personnelThe lower house of Russian parliament adopted a draft law on the state protection of military personnel in the third and final reading on Wednesday.15:22 24.03.2021
Russian MPs move toward pretrial blocking of online libelThe State Duma lawmakers passed a bill on prejudicial blocking of information recources distributing false malicious statements defaming people’s honour and dignity in the first reading on Wednesday.14:41 24.03.2021
Russia’s Ombudsman turns to prosecutors in defense of rights of arrested ChechensRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has forwarded a plea in defense of the rights of a group of Chechens arrested in Nizhny Novgorod on terrorism allegations to the Prosecutor General’s Office.11:11 23.03.2021
Ombudsmen from across Russia to discuss resocialization of convictsOmbudsmen from 85 Russia’s regions will meet in Krasnoyarsk in May to discuss the problem of resocialization of convicts, RAPSI has been told in the press service of the Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.11:24 15.03.2021
Ombudsmen of Russia and Qatar sign memorandum of cooperationRussia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the chairman of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, Ali bin Samikh Al Marri.15:54 02.03.2021
Russian MPs propose criminal sanctions for humiliation of Great Patriotic War veteransRussian lawmakers have drafted a bill on criminal punishment for insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War.17:13 24.02.2021
No evidence that rights of arrested at rallies were violated – Moscow OmbudsmanMore than one hundred probes into violations of citizens’ rights during unlawful rallies in Moscow are underway; no such reports has not been yet supported by evidence, according to Moscow Rights Commissioner Tatiana Potyayeva.17:44 17.02.2021
Bill on pretrial blocking of online defamation reaches State DumaA bill envisaging introduction of a procedure for pretrial blocking of information resources disseminating false information, which discredits honor and dignity of a person, has been submitted to the State Duma.12:06 17.02.2021
Severe penalties proposed for begging organization in RussiaLawmakers from the Just Russia party Sergey Mironov and Mikhail Emelyanov have submitted a bill on punishment for the organization of begging to the State Duma.15:55 16.02.2021
Russian Human Rights Commissioner calls MPs to get on work on domestic violence billRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova on Wednesday called the State Duma lawmakers to continue their work on the domestic violence bill.15:05 10.02.2021