On July 20, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova sent an appeal to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in regard to a video posted in open sources about the ill-treatment of convicts by the officers of the Penal Colony No. 1 of the Yaroslavl Region Department of Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.

On July 20, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova held conversation through videoconferencing with hunger-striker Oleg Sentsov serving his sentence in Penal Colony No.8 of the city of Labytnangi of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. During the conversation, Oleg Sentsov told Tatiana Moskalkova about his state of health and communication with his family.…

On July 28,  in fulfilling my mandate of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation I had a monitoring visit to the correctional facility «Bely Medved» (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region of Russia) where is being held Mr. Oleg Sentsov. It was crucially important for me to gain a first-hand insight into his state of health given the hunger strike. I am ready to verify that his state…

On 26 June, Tatiana Moskalkova, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, was prevented from visiting the Russian citizen Maksim Odintsov, being held in Kiev pre-trial detention center. After the visit of the Ukrainian Consul to the convict Mr. Shtiblikov in Omsk city, Tatiana Moskalkova together with the Russian Consul arrived at Kiev pre-trial…

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in the Russian Federation is monitoring human rights violations in Ukraine, the results of which are presented on the map. All changes and additions will be reflected in the operational mode.

On 25 June, Tatiana Moskalkova, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, received a letter from Liudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. In the abovementioned letter, the Ukrainian Commissioner expressed her appreciation to Tatiana Moskalkova for a visit to Dmitry Shtiblikov, conducted by the representative of the Ukrainian Consulate to correctional institution No.6 in Omsk…

On June 16, in Omsk, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova together with the acting Consul — Head of the Consulate of Ukraine in Novosibirsk Oleg Finogenov visited Dmitry Shtyblikov, who is serving a sentence in the correctional colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Omsk Region.

We agreed earlier with Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova to meet on June, 16 in Omsk to finally adopt the road map of mutual visits to penitentiaries where citizens of the two countries are imprisoned. Before this, no other action by either party should be taken. In accordance with the preliminary agreement, I consider the visit of the Ukrainian counterpart to Yamal…

On June 15, in Yekaterinburg Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova together with Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Ponomarev participated in the Coordinating Council of the Commissioners for Human Rights of the Urals Federal District dedicated to protecting the rights of citizens to timely and full payment of wages.

On June 15, during the working visit in the Sverdlovsk Region High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova gave an interview to Yekaterinburg television channel «Channel 4». In the interview, she spoke about the increase of the retirement age, the negotiations with Ukrainian counterpart Liudmila Denisova and the fate of Oleg Sentsov. — Good evening,…