The issue of appointing one of their colleagues to the human rights commissioner’s position in Nenets Autonomous Area is to be considered at the regular session of the Legislative Council of the area on Thursday.

At the 28th Session of the Legislative Council in Kamchatka Territory, the deputies upheld the draft constitutional law amending the procedure of work of regional human rights commissioners.

On 25 February, it became known that the Magistrates’ Court dismissed the case of the Krasnodar Regional Public Organisation of University Graduates on performing actions of a foreign agent while being unregistered in the relevant list in the absence of administrative offence.

On 16 February, in Moscow, the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District Nikolai Rogozhkin held a  video conference  regarding interaction of state authorities and local  self-government  bodies with human rights commissioners in the federal district’s territorial entities.

On 16 February, President of the Civic Chamber Alexander Brechalov sent an official letter of appeal to President of Russia Vladimir Putin drawing his attention to the problem of remand centres in Russia. The letter says about a dramatic increase in the number of detainees in remand facilities and disastrous conditions of custody.

The Levada Center’s opinion surveys published on 12 February showed a significant increase in the index of public confidence in the institute of the human rights commissioner in Russia. In January 2015, the index grew up to 3.11 (five-point  scale) in comparison to 2.76 points for the same period last year.

One of the fundamental personal  non-pecuniary  rights of a citizen — the right to a name was restored after the human rights commissioner in Rostov region had stepped in.

The remark addressed to the officials was given on 10 February at the legislative council’s meeting where Commissioner for Human Rights in Sverdlovsk Region Tatiana Merzlyakova delivered her report 2014 to the deputies and public human rights defenders.

Following the appeal of the human rights commissioner in Krasondar territory, the prosecutor will inspect if the Krasnodar Regional Public Organisation of University Graduates’ inclusion in the registry of non-commercial organisations functioning as foreign agents has been legitimate.