(AGENPARL) – KREMLIN lun 15 maggio 2023

Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova: Good afternoon, Mr President.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good
afternoon, let us begin with the results of your work in 2022, right?

Tatyana Moskalkova: Yes, Mr
President, in accordance with the Federal Constitutional Law, let me present my annual report on the Human Rights Commissioner’s work and probably for the beginning
of the year, given that the trends remain the same.

Last year and this year have
witnessed a huge number of evacuees from Donbass and Ukraine who arrived in Russia, fleeing the bombing in Ukraine. The beginning of the inevitable, justifiable
special military operation, the unprecedented Russophobic sentiment, the destruction
of the previous international human rights institutes – all of this contributed
to a growing number of requests.

Lat year, we received 79,000 requests;
this year, we have already received 16,000 requests, which is 50 percent more than
during the same period last year.

We have tried to completely readjust
the work of our office so that we can respond to emergency cases related to the special military operation, mobilisation and work with those evacuated more
promptly. We created a 24-hour hotline, a special online reception office so
that people could reach us more easily.

We introduced a practice where as soon as we receive a request, we make contact with the applicant and their
family, and explain to them what the state is doing to deal with the problem.
It is very important for people to know that they have not just sent a request,
but concrete measures are being taken.

We have created three special mobile
working groups that get in touch with our human rights commissioners in the Russian
regions and work on emergency requests. This is a mobile group that works with
the families of the participants in the special military operation, servicemen
and volunteers. This is a mobile group that works with evacuees and those who
were subject to mobilisation. These tools have proven efficient, and we managed
to provide assistance and take part in restoring the rights of 13,000 citizens
last year, almost 2,000 this year and over 255,000 overall, including
collective requests.

Many requests were related to violations of the principles of justice, legitimacy and relevance committed by officials. But there have been many requests that are not related to officials’
violations, but that just ask for humanitarian aid and assistance. This primarily
related to our civilians who were illegally and unjustifiably detained on the Ukrainian territory.

We have managed to bring back all
long-distance lorry drivers and civilian sailors who were forced to stay aboard
nine vessels in Izmail for over nine months, 168 people in all.

As for the evacuees, most often, the requests received related to late lump sum payments. I must say, the state
responded to society’s requests more promptly than ever, and a comprehensive
social package was developed and then adopted by the State Duma and the Government. But, unfortunately, it was taking too long to finalise documents
because only one payment office was created. This situation has been remedied
and over 5,000 those evacuated have received such assistance, also thanks to your participation.

As regards all issues related to the special military operation, we immediately established contact with the Ministry of Defence, the Federal Security Service, the Foreign Ministry, the International
Committee of the Red Cross, and the Ukrainian human rights commissioner. It was
very important. This synergy has allowed us to free many people from captivity
and to establish the location and learn the fate of those missing. There are a lot of them. We constantly receive feedback from their families and the guys
who are now in hospital or are already at home.

To be continued.

Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/71127