Mikhail Fedotov

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Ex-head Russian Authors’ Society pleads guilty to $10.5 mln embezzlement in court

Ex-Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergey Fedotov on Friday pleaded guilty in court to embezzling over 762 million rubles (over $10.5 million at the current exchange rate).

16:23 17.07.2020

Embezzlement trial of Russian Authors’ Society ex-head postponed for 2 weeks

The Presnensky District Court on Friday adjourned a case against ex-Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergey Fedotov accused of embezzling 730 million rubles (about $10.5 million at the current exchange rate) until July 17.

18:02 03.07.2020

Embezzlement trial of Russian Authors’ Society ex-head to begin on July 3

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court will start hearing a case against ex-Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergey Fedotov accused of embezzling 730 million rubles (about $10.5 million at the current exchange rate) on July 3.

11:53 22.06.2020

New Chairman of Human Rights Council appointed in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order designating journalist and public figure Valery Fadeyev to the post of Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

17:07 21.10.2019

Russia’s human rights body to examine idea on amnesty for minor and female convicts

A proposal of children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova to pardon certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations will be considered by the Presidential Council for Human Rights, according to the advisory body’s chairman Mikhail Fedotov.

11:19 12.09.2019

Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures.

11:47 15.08.2019

HRC call in support of Russian mother jailed in U.S. submitted to UN Special Procedures

An appeal of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council in support of Bogdana Osipova, sentenced in the U.S. to 7 years in prison for the so-called kidnapping of her own children, has been submitted to the UN Special Procedures.

13:59 02.08.2019

Prosecutor General’s Office to check information about criminal prosecution of journalist

The Prosecutor General’s Office is to check if criminal proceedings have been launched against Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev, a journalist of Chernovik newspaper, after the Presidential Council for Human Rights spoke in his defense.

13:01 29.07.2019

Human rights council chair visits starving Moscow Region district ex-head in detention

Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has visited Alexander Shestun, detained ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District who has been on hunger strike for a long time.

10:54 26.07.2019

Russian government did not support idea to develop human rights action plan - expert

Russia’s government has negatively reacted to a proposal of the Presidential Human Rights Council to develop a National Action Plan on human rights, Chairwoman of the Standing Commission on NGO Development Natalia Yevdokimova has said at a press-conference.

17:15 16.07.2019

Russian human rights body calls OSCE to cooperation in journalists protection abroad

The Presidential Council for Human Rights of Russia has called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to put heads together to protect Russian journalists working abroad in relation to an attack in Georgia.

10:53 25.06.2019

Russian human rights council opposes decriminalization of drug-related crimes

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov believes that decriminalization of the Criminal Code’s Article on punishment for drug crimes is fraught with evident danger.

11:32 21.06.2019

Human rights council calls UN commissioner to cover up for Russian mother jailed in U.S.

Chair of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov asked United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to draw attention at detention and health conditions of Bogdana Osipova sentenced in the U.S. to 7 years in prison for the so-called kidnapping of her own children.

13:23 18.06.2019

Russian human rights council welcomes court decision on Titiyev’s release

Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights has welcomed a court decision to release Oyub Titiyev, the director of the republican office of Memorial NGO convicted of illegal possession of drugs, on parole.

13:09 11.06.2019

Human rights council calls US to turn attention to Russian mother’s kidnapping case

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has appealed to the head of the US Civil Rights Commission Catherine Lamont with a request to pay attention to the case of Bogdana Osipova detained on charges of kidnapping her own children.

16:31 13.05.2019

Russian human rights council calls for amending legislation to protect journalists’ rights

Russia’s criminal procedure legislation needs amendments to eliminate the antinomies related to the assurance of journalists’ rights, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov said at a round-table conference on Wednesday.

12:45 24.04.2019

Human Rights Council ready to help children’s ombudsman return Russian minors from Syria

The Presidential Council for Human Rights is ready to aid the minors’ rights ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova in her work on the return of children from Syria to Russia.

17:42 15.03.2019

Ukrainian ombudsman informed of detained sailors’ health – Russian human rights official

Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has informed Ukrainian ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova about health condition and treatment of sailors detained on charges of illegal border crossing in the Kerch Strait.

13:54 12.03.2019

Human Rights Council appeals to UN over Ukraine’s ban on Russian election observers

Chairman of Russia’s Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet over Ukraine’s refusal to register Russian observers at Ukrainian presidential elections.

10:40 14.02.2019

Russian Human Rights Council Chair calls to adopt law to protect journalists in war zones

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov believes it is necessary to speed up the adoption of legislation on journalists’ work in war zones.

10:48 01.08.2018