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Over the past year, Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova received a little over 1,000 applications from abroad. In total, Russians living in more than 50 countries complained about violations of their rights 1035 times, TASS reports.
The report notes that Russians from Syria, Iraq and Ukraine applied to the Ombudsperson more than others.
The applicants from the first two countries most often asked to help them return home. In the past year, the number of such requests increased. For the most part, appeals from Ukraine were devoted to the rights of detainees, arrested and convicted persons.
Russians from Germany reported violations of rights by employers, universities and social services. They faced infringement of rights when applying for a job and when entering universities.
Compatriots in the United States most actively asked for help with criminal investigations, illegal detentions and politically motivated prosecutions. Complaints were also received about the conditions of detention and medical care for detainees and convicts during the pandemic.
Many appeals touched upon the issues of protecting the rights of the family, motherhood and childhood of Russian citizens in Turkey, Italy, the return of minors to their homeland after the divorce of their parents.
Russkiy Mir
