On March 6, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Ivanovo Region Natalia Kovaleva took part in a meeting dedicated to summing up the results of the work of the judicial system of the Ivanovo Region for 2017. In her speech, Natalia Kovaleva drew attention to the fact that among the appeals to the authorized person, complaints about unlawfulness, injustice and bias of the…

On March 5, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Moscow Region Ekaterina Semenova took part in the expanded board of the Office of the Federal Bailiff Service of the Region. In her speech, Ekaterina Semenova noted that cooperation with the Bailiff Service is an important direction in the work to restore the rights and legitimate interests of citizens. The Commissioner voiced…

On March 1, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kalmykia Evgeniy Emelyanenko visited a number of polling stations in the Region. The Ombudsman held talks with members of election commissions and got acquainted with the work on accepting applications for inclusion of citizens in the voter lists at the location. Particular attention was paid to creating accessible conditions for voting…

On March 1, Commissioner for Human Rights in the city of Sevastopol Pavel Butsai and the head of the EMERCOM Main Department for the city of Sevastopol Sergei Klimenko signed a bilateral cooperation agreement. The document provides the creation of favorable conditions aimed at improving the system of rendering assistance to people who have fallen into a difficult life situation and…

On February 27, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Udmurt Republic Veniamin Solomennikov presented a report on his activities to the State Council of the Udmurt Republic. Veniamin Solomennikov told the deputies about the main directions of work in the field of human rights for 2017. In particular, the regional Commissioner reported on the results of the personal receptions of residents and monitoring…

On February 28, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Krasnodar Territory Sergei Myshak presented a report on his activities at the session of the regional Legislative Assembly. Sergei Myshak informed deputies about the problems in the sphere of observance of human and civil rights and freedoms in the Region, gave examples of the consideration of complaints and measures taken to restore violated rights…

On February 26, Commissioner for Human Rights in Primorye Territory Valery Rozov presented an Annual Report to the acting governor of the Primorye Territory Andrei Tarasenko. The parties discussed topical issues of protecting the rights of the region’s inhabitants, and paid special attention to the problems of ecology. In conclusion, Valery Rozov and Andrei Tarasenko outlined the prospects for cooperation…

On December 27, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Altai Territory Boris Larin hosted the reception of defendants and accused in pretrial detention centre No. 3 of the region. The questions to the Ombudsman concerned criminal procedure legislation, in particular, disagreement with the charges brought against them, appealing against the verdict of the court, extradition. All the applicants were…

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Kaluga Region Yuri Zelnikov was approached by a citizen F. on the issue of medical care. On November 21, at a personal reception, the woman reported that the central district hospital does not provide her with a referral to a rheumatologist at the Kaluga regional hospital. Yuri Zelnikov sent a request to the Ministry of Health of the Kaluga region.…

On December 25, an extended meeting of the Expert Council was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Lipetsk Region Valery Kuzovlev, where the observance of the citizens' rights to health care and medical care was discussed. Opening the meeting, Valery Kuzovlev noted the relevance of this topic. "Health issues worry everyone, and this…