On 30 January, a final meeting of the interdepartmental working group elaborating a draft law on release of gravely ill prisoners was held at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia.

On 27 January, Commissioner for Human Rights in Novosibirsk Region Nina Shalabaeva and representatives of the regional Prosecutor’s Office inspected Correctional Facility No. 8.

On 25 January, Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region Margarita Pavlova and the South Ural State Medical University Ilya Volchegorskiy signed an agreement on cooperation.

On 25 January, Commissioner for Human Rights in Arkhangelsk Region Lyubov Anisimova held a working meeting with activists of the Public Movement “Community for Protection of Consumers’ rights”.

On 25 January, representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Sverdlovsk Region, human rights activists, stuffers of the regional Prosecutor’s Office and police officers held a joint open office hours for foreign citizens in Ekaterinburg.

Persons guilty in gross violations of rights of Psychiatric Hospital No. 2 in the Sosnoviy Bor settlement patients had been held liable, the Press Service of the Commissioner for Hunan Rights in Irkutsk Region reported on 24 January.

On 24 January, following an order of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of Chancery of High Commissioner participates in a meeting of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dedicated to the case of compliance of Article 212.1 of the Criminal Court of the Russian Federation with the Constitution of the Russian Federation in connection with Ildar Dadin’s appeal.

On 16 January, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia hosted a regular meeting of the interdepartmental working group preparing a draft law on release of seriously ill convicts.

On 1 January, the Federal State Information System ‘The Federal Register of People with Disabilities’ (FRPD) has been launched in Russia at www.sfri.ru.

On 12 January, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Ingushetia Dzhambulat Ozdoev chaired a meeting of the regional Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.