About 30 candidates for the position of Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region have been registered as of 3 August, a Dostup News Agency correspondent reports.

On 30 July, Moscow Region Commissioner for Human Rights Ekaterina Semenova held for the first time open office hours for residents of Solnechnogorsk District.

Commissioner for Human Rights in Yaroslavl Region Sergei Baburkin prepared his report on observance of human and civil rights and freedoms in 2014 in the region.

On 27 July, Commissioner for Human Rights in Ulyanovsk Region Lyudmila Krutilina visited a special temporary accommodation centre for aliens (SUVSIG) in the Village of Echkayun (Novomalyklinskiy District, Ulyanovsk Region), opened in April last year.

On 30 July, the Head of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Penza Region took part in the Justice Day event held in the correctional facility No. 5 in Penza.

On 29 July the Press Service of the Kirov Region Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia reported that the regional Commissioner for Human Rights, Alexander Panov, visited the Special Regime Correctional Facility No. 6.

On 30 July, the Prosecutor of Tula Region, Alexander Kozlov, signed an agreement with the regional Commissioner for Human Rights, Galina Fomina.

The information received from residents of the Town of Syasstroy (Volkhovskiy District, Leningrad Region) about a situation of the local outpatient department and hospital will be given in an official letter which is to be submitted to the officials of all levels, the press service of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Leningrad Region Sergey Shabanov reports.

In an interview for the Interfax-Siberia news agency Commissioner for Human Rights in Altai Territory Boris Larin spoke about most violated rights, reasons for the lack of human rights organisations in the region and the legal awareness of local residents.

An inspection initiated by Commissioner for Human Rights in Volgograd Region Valeriy Rostovschikov revealed serious violations during construction of a bar on a cultural heritage site in the centre of Volgograd.