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Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022

Eleven Russian children returned from Syria aided by ombudsman Lvova-Belova

Eleven minors accompanied by the employees of the Office of Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova returned to the homeland from Syria overnight into Friday.

12:04 22.07.2022

Russian minors’ ombudsman pushes for creation of Donbass orphan database

Russia’s child rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova has proposed to create a database of Donbass orphaned children during her meeting with head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin.

14:00 14.07.2022

Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021

The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.

12:09 01.07.2022

About 12,000 applicants turned to Russian Ombudsman via hotline in 2021 - officially

Since the beginning of 2021, Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has received 11,964 hotline calls from citizens.

10:58 18.10.2021

Russian Ombudsman urges data bank of victims in the zones of military conflicts

Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova advocates the creation of a unified data bank of victims in the territories of military conflicts.

10:54 15.10.2021

Russian Ombudsman to be awarded Alexander II medal – Federal Chamber of Lawyers

The community of lawyers has decided to award Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Human Rights Commissioner, with the Emperor Alexander II medal.

18:03 11.10.2021

Russian Ombudsman’s hotline flooded with applicants’ calls in 2021

Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has received over 11,000 hotline calls since the start of the year.

10:29 04.10.2021

Kuznetsova relieved of post of Russia's Child Rights Commissioner

President Vladimir Putin relieved Anna Kuznetsova of the post of Russia's Child Rights Commissioner as she had been elected as a State Duma lawmaker.

15:18 01.10.2021

Over 10,000 hotline calls recorded at Russian Rights Commissioner’s Office year to date

Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has received 10,524 hotline calls since the beginning of 2021.

13:23 27.09.2021

Russian rights commissioners to take part in video monitoring of State Duma election

Russia’s Federal Ombudsman and regional human rights commissioners will for the first time ever receive access to the video broadcasting of the State Duma election.

17:14 30.08.2021

Federal Ombudsman appreciates Russia’s human rights system

Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes the institution of ombudsmen enables all citizens to seek justice in Russia.

12:46 11.08.2021

Russia's human rights commissioner received over 8,000 hotline calls in 2021

Since the beginning of this year Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received 8.246 calls via hotline.

10:59 11.08.2021

More than 27,000 complaints filed with Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner this year

Starting this year, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 27,407 applications from citizens.

12:41 28.07.2021

Children Ombudsman urges closer cooperation of volunteers and authorities in search for missing minors

The mechanisms of interaction between the authorities and volunteer search teams need to be made even more effective, the Russian Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes.

10:47 07.07.2021

Russia's Children Ombudsman helps 23 more minors to return from Syria

The fourteenth special flight with Russian children from Syria has landed at the Chkalovsky airport near Moscow, the press service of the Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova informs. Another 23 children were returned to their homeland.

10:57 05.07.2021

Russia’s Ombudsman registered more than 4,000 appeals on housing issues over last year

In 2020, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova received 4,202 appeals concerning the exercise of the right to housing.

13:11 01.07.2021

Institution of Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner gains supreme international status

The Institution o Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights has been granted the highest international status, according to the Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova.

11:50 29.06.2021

Moskalkova exasperated by crack down on rights of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine

A bill on indigenous peoples of Ukraine submitted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the Verkhovna Rada ignores Russians as natives of the country, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.

17:39 11.06.2021

Russia’s Ombudsman office receives over 17,000 appeals in first 5 months of 2021

Since the beginning of the year, the office of Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has received 17,515 applications, that is twice as many as in the same period of 2020.

10:59 25.05.2021