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Meeting with Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev
On 9 October, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova met with Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev.
Meeting with European Union representatives
On 7 October, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova met with Gunnar Wiegand, Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE of the European External Action Service (EEAS), and Fernando Andresen Guimarães, Head of Russia Division at the EEAS.

Every child has right to family
On 7 October, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova participated in the plenary session that marked the opening of the Interregional Conference 'Every Child Has the Right to a Family."
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Meeting of Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
On 1 October, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova took part in a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights chaired by President Vladimir Putin.
State Duma parliament hearings on forest management
On 24 September, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova spoke at the parliament hearings in the State Duma Committee for Natural Resources, Nature Management and Environmental Protection on the subject of ‘Pressing Problems of Legal Regulation, Recreation, Tourism Development, Forest Retreats, and Ensuring Public Access to Forest Use’.

Ella Pamfilova’s response to statement by Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovska
I would like to express my bewilderment in connection with the statement that was made by Ms Lutkovska in Warsaw and that contradicted to the facts.
Wall of Grief Memorial to victims of political repressions to be set up in Moscow
On 23 September, the judging panel announced the sculptor Georgy Frangulyan’s project 'The Wall of Grief' to be the winner of the contest in creating a monument to victims of political repressions.
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Working visit of High Commissioner to Kabardino-Balkar Republic
On 16 September, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova made a working visit to the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.

Joint meeting held by Central Election Commission of Russia on threshold of Single Election Day
On 9 September, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova took part in the meeting held by the Central Election Commission chaired by Vladimir Churov. During the video conference regional election commissions and human rights commissioners discussed the readiness of the election commissions to the Single Election Day which will be held on 13 September 2015.
Human rights commissioners, CE and UN representatives took part in roundtable
On 4 September, an international roundtable chaired by High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova took part in Volgograd.