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.

In January 2015, Commissioner for Human Rights in Altai Territory Boris Larin published a special guidebook On Rights, Freedoms and Remedies.

On 20 January, Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Sevastyanov introduced a range of initiatives which in his opinion should be reflected in the Governor’s Address to the Legislative Assembly’s deputies in Chelyabinsk.

According to the new version of the regional law entered into force in Tomsk region as of 1 January 2015, the list of persons having the right to receive publicly-funded free legal assistance has been extended with such groups as non-working pensioners and non-working persons with disabilities of the 3rd category.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma the draft laws which are to considerably change interaction between regional authorities and human rights commissioners.

On 24 December, the best charity providers were awarded at the end of the traditional Charity Days project in Sverdlovsk region. A non-commercial public organisation Uralsky Dom (The Ural House), highly appraised by Commissioner for Human Rights in Sverdlovsk Region Tatiana Merzlyakova, received a special category award for their assistance to the displaced persons and refugees.

On 25 December, a press conference devoted to the matters and prospects of human rights in Sverdlovsk Region took place at the ITAR-TASS Regional Information Centre (Ekaterinburg). The region’s representatives spoke about the year-end results, as well as the most significant and problematic issues in human rights prospects of 2015.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Kostroma Region reported on the results following the inspection of the information that in Penal Colony No. 3 convicts’ rights had been violated. The colony’s inspector in charge of the correspondence was held liable and reprimanded.

On 10 December, as a part of the decade of law organised by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region, the second film festival ‘The Hope. Chelyabinsk 2014’ was held. There were winners awarded in six categories. In total, 15 films on human rights in penitentiaries had been submitted for competition.