Number of fakes about Russian Constitution amendments vote ups sixfold in weekThe number of fake publications about the voting on amendments to Russia’s Constitution increased sixfold in the last week, Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Commission for Information, Mass Media and Communications Alexander Malkevich said Thursday during a meeting of the Constitution amending working group.11:46 18.06.2020
E-voting monitoring group created in Russia’s Civic ChamberThe Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation created an expert group for pubic monitoring of the distance e-voting on the Constitution amendments, the group’s head and chair of the Chamber’s Commission for the information community development Alexander Malkevich announced Wednesday.12:48 17.06.2020
Over 500,000 citizens may oversee Russia’s Constitution amending voteThe total number of election observers of the Constitution amendments voting in Russia can exceed 500,000 people, according to the head of the Civic Chamber’s voting public control working group Maxim Grigoryev.11:16 16.06.2020
Public Constitution vote observers to take COVID-19 testPublic observers for the Constution amending voting will pass a COVID-19 test, the head of the election monitoring team’s working group Maxim Grigoryev has said citing the Central Electoral Commission.12:05 04.06.2020
Pandemic makes Constitutional amendments even more topical – expertRussia’s citizens will have an opportunity to apprise the importance of adoption of “social” amendments to the Constitution because of the pandemic, according to a member of the Civic Chamber Commission on Culture and Preservation of Spiritual Heritage Pavel Pozhigailo.11:19 28.04.2020
Civic Chamber reports upsurge in online bullying of minors under self-isolation regimeThe rate of cyberbullying of underage persons has surged since early April, experts of Bezopasnost 2.0 (Security 2.0) Center at the Commission on Development of Public Diplomacy, Humanitarian Cooperation and Preservation of Traditional Values of Russia’s Civic Chamber inform on Tuesday.17:21 21.04.2020
President Putin instructs Cabinet to assist socially-oriented NGOsRussia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to take steps to provide assistance to socially-oriented non-governmental (NGOs) organizations helping citizens amid the pandemic by May 15, the Presidential press-service informs.16:29 13.04.2020
Constitutional amendments to help protecting citizens’ rights after pandemic – expertThe amendments to Russia’s Constitution introducing social guarantees are to ensure the enforcement of labor and employment rights after the coronavirus pandemic ends, according to the Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Social Policy Natalia Pochinok.10:21 24.03.2020
Expert calls to publicly punish distributors of fake news in RussiaPunishment for distribution of fake reports must be as public as possible to show others the consequences of such actions, the head of the Russian Civic Chamber’s Mass Media Committee Alexander Malkevich said at the extended working group meeting on Thursday.12:52 05.03.2020
Civic Chamber member proposes outright ban on production, sale of tobacco sucking packetsA member of the Civic Chamber Sultan Khamzayev on Wednesday proposed to draft a bill to utterly forbid production and sale of tobacco sucking packets (snus) in Russia.16:23 04.03.2020
Social activists to rate regions as to development of nonprofit sectorRussia’s Civic Chamber is planning to analyze the development of the not-for-profit sector across the country’s regions and rate them accordingly.13:21 18.02.2020
Pension indexation regularity proposed to be specified in Russian ConstitutionA social issue subgroup of the working group on drafting proposals for the Constitution amendment discusses suggestions to specify the regularity of pension indexation, the Civic Chamber’s secretary Lydia Mikheyeva told journalists on Thursday.13:38 30.01.2020
Civic Chamber member proposes to capture society role in Russian Constitution preambleThe secretary of Russia’s Civic Chamber Lydia Mikheyeva believes it necessary to enshrine the role of civic society in the enacting clause of the Constitution.15:05 29.01.2020
Russia’s Civic Chamber backs strengthening of Constitutional status of cultureChair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Culture and Spiritual Heritage Andrey Kovalchuk has supported proposals to institutionalize the status of culture in the national Constitution.13:51 24.01.2020
Russia’s public man proposes gadget use ban for State Duma MPsA member of the Russian Civic Chamber Sultan Khamzayev has proposed to restrict the use of gadgets by State Duma lawmakers during plenary meetings.09:48 21.01.2020
Domestic violence prevention bill to be publicly discussedThe Civic Chamber’s specialized commissions plan to hold public discussions of a bill on prevention of domestic violence soon.18:00 09.12.2019
Over 16,000 submitted to Russian Civic Chamber in 2019Russia’s Civic Chamber received 16,387 applications from citizens this year, according to the body’s 2019 society state report.14:33 09.12.2019
Russian and Serbian civic bodies sign memorandum on cooperationRussia’s Civic Chamber and Serbia’s Social and Economic Council on Monday signed the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation.11:59 09.12.2019
Russian public figures push for law revamping to fight against cyberbullyingLegislation needs to be amended for effective fight against cyberbullying, according to the chair of the Russian Civic Chamber’s humanitarian cooperation commission Yelena Sutormina.14:13 12.11.2019
Russia’s Civic Chamber, human rights body, charity fund to cooperate on marrow donor issueThe Presidential Council for Human Rights, the Civic Chamber, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and Rusfond charity fund on Wednesday signed a memorandum on coincidence of wants in marrow donorship.12:35 06.11.2019