Russia's human rights commissioner received over 8,000 hotline calls in 2021
Since the beginning of this year Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received 8.246 calls via hotline.
Number of crimes committed by foreigners in Russia ups by 5% - police official
The number of crimes committed by foreign nationals increased by 5% in Russia, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy announced Thursday.
Prosecutor General's Office registers 33,000 corruption-generating factors in Russian laws
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation discovered 33,000 corruptogenic factors in Russian regulatory legal acts over the first six months of 2021.
More than 27,000 complaints filed with Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner this year
Starting this year, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 27,407 applications from citizens.
Russia’s Ombudsman registered more than 4,000 appeals on housing issues over last year
In 2020, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova received 4,202 appeals concerning the exercise of the right to housing.
Number of online drug crimes up by 2.5 times – Russia’s Interior Ministry
Over the past three years, the number of registered drug crimes committed with the use of modern technologies has increased by 2.5 times, Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has said addressing a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee.
Number of electric scooter related collisions rises in Russia - police
Electric scooter related collisions are on the increase in Russia this year.
Over 20,000 applications submitted to Russia’s Ombudsman year to date
Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights has received 20,748 applications since the beginning of the year.
Number of international adoption cases decreases amid pandemic - Russian Supreme Court
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the judicial practice in cases of international adoption: the number of such cases has significantly decreased, and already scheduled hearings were either suspended or terminated due to the impossibility of the adoptive parents to come to Russia.
Number of appeals to Russian Children's Ombudsman increased by 7.3% in 2020
The number of appeals received by the office of Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova increased by more than 7% in 2020, according to the annual report on the activities of this human rights institution.
Number of inmates dropped in Russia in first quarter of 2021 – Supreme Court head
The number of prisoners decreased by 4,700 people in Russia in the first quarter of 2021, the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday.
Russia’s Ombudsman office receives over 17,000 appeals in first 5 months of 2021
Since the beginning of the year, the office of Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has received 17,515 applications, that is twice as many as in the same period of 2020.
Russian Ombudsman’s Office works on over 3,500 applications
Specialists of the Office of Russia’s Federal Ombudsman are currently working on 3,501 submitted complaints, according to Tatiana Moskalkova’s press service.
Number of orphans decreases in Russia by 13% - Children’s Ombudsman
The number of orphans and children deprived of parental care decreased in Russia by 13% in the last five years, Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova said during the minor orphans safeguarding expert board on Tuesday.
Over 10,000 applications already registered in 2021 – Russia’s Ombudsman
Russian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova received more than 10,000 incoming applications in the first quarter of 2021.
Over 100 notarial applications submitted to Russian Ombudsman within 3 years
The Office of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received 103 notary related complaints since 2018.
About 2,000 indviduals acquitted by Russian courts in 2020
Russian courts acquitted nearly 2,000 people in 2020.
Thirty seven people sentenced to life in prison in Russia last year
Russian courts sentenced 37 persons to life imprisonment in 2020.
Six people convicted of Nazism rehabilitation in Russia in 2020
Six people were convicted of whitewashing Nazism in the Russian Federation last year, according by the official statistics presented by the Supreme Court’s Justice Department.
Over 8,500 complaints filed with prosecutors by federal ombudsman in 2020
Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova and submitted 8,587 applications to prosecutors, including 591 to the Prosecutor General’s Office, in 2020