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Commissioner in Republic of Buryatia defended housing rights of mother of many children
Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Buryatia Yuliya Zhambalova received a petition from a citizen of B. who asked to assist her daughter in solving the housing problem.
Topical human rights protection problems were discussed in Irkutsk
On September 7, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Irkutsk region Valery Lukin met with Acting Chairperson of the regional Government Ruslan Bolotov.

Monitoring of polling stations accessibility for disabled people carried out in Arkhangelsk region
On the eve of the elections to local self-government representative bodies, which took place on a single voting day on September 10, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Arkhangelsk region Lyubov Anisimova organized monitoring of the polling station accessibility for disabled people.

Altai Commissioner defended labor rights of contractor organization employees
Commissioner for Human Rights in the Altai Territory Boris Larin received a collective claim from residents of the city of Biysk on labor rights violation.
EAO Commissioner spoke about labor rights observance in region
On September 5, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Jewish Autonomous Region Olga Zaitseva, posted on her website statistics on the handling with complaints on the protection of the right to work and its payment.
Komi Republic Commissioner defends cultural rights of citizens
On 4 September, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Komi Nadezhda Bykovskaya held a working meeting with Oleg Lazhanev, the head of the Syktyvdinsky municipality administration. The reason for the meeting was a collective appeal on the sports center construction in the village of Vylgort.

Crimean Commissioner took part in regional Public Monitoring Commission work
On September 1 Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Crimea Lyudmila Lubina took part in the meeting of the Public Monitoring Commission for the Republic of Crimea (PMC).

Agreement with Main Sociomedical Expertising Bureau was signed in Tver region
On September 1 Commissioner for Human Rights in the Tver region Nadezhda Egorova signed an agreement on cooperation with the Federal State-Funded Institution "The Main Bureau of Sociomedical Expertising in the Tver region" of the Ministry of Labor of Russia.
Estonian citizen obtained residence permit with assistance of St. Petersburg Commissioner
Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov received an application from Estonian citizen P. who described her problem in extending the Russian Federation residence permit.

Novosibirsk Commissioner held workshop
On August 29, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Novosibirsk Region Nina Shalabaeva held a workshop with the participation of Executive Committee Chairperson of the Regional Branch of the National Public Organization "Association of Lawyers of Russia" Viktor Yudashkin and member of the Region Public Chamber Maksim Fominykh.