Commissioner for Human Rights in the Irkutsk Region Viktor Ignatenko visited Penal Colony No. 2 in Angarsk. This is a high-security institution for those convicted of serious offences for the first time. The ombudsman made a round of the cells in the solitary confinement and ward-type rooms, where he talked to 40 citizens serving a sentence in the colony, and also examined…

Having considered the collective complaint from residents of the city of Sarov about alcohol trade near an art school and a Center for extracurricular activities, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Nizhny Novgorod Region initiated amendments to federal legislation. The relevant committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region decided on the need to develop a legislative initiative…

On February 19, topical issues of observance of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens in the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) were discussed during the meeting of head of the republic Aisen Nikolayev with regional Commissioner for Human Rights Sardana Guryeva. The ombudswoman informed the head of the republic about the state of affairs and voiced the provisions of the…

The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Nizhny Novgorod Region stablished the practice of on-site receipts of complaints from citizens who had repeatedly appealed to various instances on their problems. On February 25, deputy Commissioner for Human Rights in the Nizhny Novgorod Region Elena Baryshnikova and head of the department for organizing the activities of the district…

On February 13, 2019, an interdepartmental working meeting on the rights of minors to citizenship was held in the Directorate for Migration of the Sevastopol Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Commissioner for Human Rights in Sevastopol Pavel Butsay and representative of his Office Polina Shkarlat participated in the event. The meeting was chaired by Head of the Directorate Nikolay Starukhin.…

During the press conference, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Novosibirsk Region Nina Shalabayeva spoke about the human rights situation in the territory of the subject, answered journalists' questions and voiced priority areas of work for 2019. Over the course of 2014–2018, the Commissioner received more than 10,000 complaints, including 2,194 in 2018. Most often, the…

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Altai Territory Boris Larin held a reception for citizens in the Industrial District of the city of Barnaul. Residents of the largest district of the regional capital complained about illegal tree felling in the building surrounding grounds, rise in housing and communal services rates, unsatisfactory work of property management companies, housing cooperative organization issues,…

On February 6, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Ulyanovsk Region Lyudmila Krutilina took part in a meeting of the Council on the development of civil society and human rights under the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region. In her speech, Lyudmila Krutilina noted that following the results of the monitoring of complaints for 2018, residents of the region prioritize social rights associated…

A citizen of Ukraine temporarily residing in the region addressed Commissioner in the Republic of Dagestan Jamal Aliyev. According to the applicant, he came to Russia for further employment, but due to the circumstances, he found himself in a difficult life situation, lost his passport, telephone and all the money he had with him, relatives did not know about his whereabouts for more…

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Moscow Region Ekaterina Semenova was addressed by a 46-year-old resident of the city Reutov. The applicant said that she had been in a difficult situation for several years. Her eldest son is a disabled person of the third group and cannot be employed. An eight year old junior has a mental illness that needs constant expensive…