Russia's Ombudsman lobbies for stiffer fines for refusal to hire people with disabilitiesThe Labor Minister’s initiative to increase administratie fines for denial of employment to disabled citizens and employer-employee relationship violations is well-timed, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has said while presenting her Protection the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities report.10:17 30.10.2020
Russian Ombudsman seeks for tougher penalties for barrier free environment breachesRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova when presenting a report on Thursday demanded to toughen fines for violations in the sphere of barrier free environment for physically challenged people.17:35 29.10.2020
Moskalkova urges penitentiary authorities to appoint aides for disabled convictsTerritorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) must provide jailed persons with disabilities of I and II groups with assistants (hospital aides), Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes.17:12 29.10.2020
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
Allowing convicts serve terms near relatives' homes to down ECHR claims by 40% - OmbudsmanThe fact that convicts were allowed to serve their terms near the places of residence of their relatives would permit to decrease the number of complaints submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by 40 percent, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova believes.16:31 19.10.2020
Over 1 million complaints filed with Russian Ombudsman’s Office in 25 yearsOver nearly 25 years of its existence the Office of Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner received more than 1 million applications from citizens, Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said Monday in the Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs.11:09 19.10.2020
Governmental commission backs bill on Russia’s regional ombudsmenMembers of the governmental lawmaking commission on Monday anonymously supported a bill on regional ombudsmen.13:19 12.10.2020
Over 3,600 complaints submitted to Russian Ombudsman from penal facilities in 2020The Office of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights received over 3,600 complaints from penitentiary facilities in nine months of this year.13:55 07.10.2020
Russian sailors captured by pirates off Equatorial Guinea coast releasedRussian sailors Alexey Perfilyev, Valentin Nechai, and Vyacheslav Sechin, captured in May by pirates on hijacked vessels Djibloho and Rio Mitong off the coast of Equatorial Guinea and held in the territory of Nigeria since then, were freed.15:22 06.10.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman ready to aid victims of Nagorno-Karabakh conflictRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova urges her colleagues, Ombudsmen of Azerbaijan and Armenia, to recommend their respective governments to show restraint and take all necessary measures to settle their problems not by force of arms, but through dialogue and negotiations in order to stabilize the current situation.18:07 29.09.2020
Law permitting convicts serve sentences near home comes into force in RussiaOn Tuesday, the law allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives came into force.11:53 29.09.2020
Ombudsman urges help to Russian sailors captured by pirates off Equatorial Guinea coastRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has turned to UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet and Head of Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission Anthony Ojukwu seeking their help as to protection of Russian sailors kidnapped by pirates.12:24 24.09.2020
Russia’s Rights Commissioner Office continues work on legal status of regional OmbudsmenThe Office of Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova continues its work on improvement of the legal status of regional Ombudsmen.14:20 22.09.2020
Moskalkova asks French Justice Minister for release of Russian Vinnik from detentionRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has sent a petition to the French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti seeking release of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik from detention.15:17 17.09.2020
Over 100 complaints about social security filed by convicts in 2018 - Russia’s OmbudsmanLast year, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova received 141 applications from convicts on issues related to their social welfare.15:01 16.09.2020
Thirty electoral rights violation complaints filed with Russian ombudsman in three daysRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received thirty complaints of violation of electoral rights of citizens during preparation and on the single voting day.10:22 14.09.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman asked to provide state protection of domestic violence victimsRussian human rights advocates have asked the country’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova and deputy head of the State Duma Committee for Family, Women and Children Oksana Pushkina to ensure legal protection orders for victims of domestic violence.12:56 10.09.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman proposes establishment of new female reform facilities in TatarstanRussian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed to create new correctional facilities for women in Tatarstan so they could serve their terms closer to their places of residence at her meeting with Head of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov.12:39 08.09.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova to turn to U.S. authorities urging respect of Russian national’s rightsThe Russian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova said she was ready to turn to U.S. authorities in order to protect rights of detained Russian national Yegor Kryuchkov when giving a lecture to students of the Russian State University of Justice.12:12 01.09.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova to chair Human Rights Advocates Recognition & Reward panelPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed the federal Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova as a chair of the Panel on Recognition & Reward of advocates and benefactors.15:00 27.08.2020