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The latest notorious incident of brutal treatment in the army – is a case of private Roman Rudakov.  After severe beatings in his unit the soldier underwent ten operations, his small intestine was ablated. Military officials denied the fact of violence and ascribed Rudakov’s severe condition to allegedly latent congenital blood disease. (6-FEB-07)
 

On January 11th, an annual meeting of the RF President with members of the RF President Council for Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights was held. President Putin didn’t argue with human rights activists and agreed with all their proposals. (29-JAN-07)
 

On December, 29 representatives of the Russian Research Center for Human Rights at the press-conference sum up the results of the year 2006. Members of the Center evaluated events in the country and told journalists about their activities in 2006. Besides, they presented books published by the Center. (2-JAN-07)
 

On December, 20th the State Duma refused to ratify the Protocol 14 for changes in the European Court of Human Rights, aimed at increasing the efficiency of European Court’s of Human Rights work. The Protocol would help to decrease a number of unconsidered cases and a period for preparing a ruling as well. (28-DEC-06)
 

On December 12th 2006 armed law enforcement agents raided the offices of one of the Russian opposition parties “United Civil Front” headed by Garry Kasparov. This incident took place just before a planned for December 16th protest action “March of Dissent”. The march was organized by Kasparov´s movement and other opposition groups and was held in Moscow. (20-DEC-06)
 

On December, 10th , the International Day of Human Rights, the Second All-Russian Congress on Protection of Human Rights stated that the situation in the country had drastically deteriorated. It was the first time leaders of human rights movement called human rights activists to take part in pre-election campaign together with all oppositional forces, including communists.  (17-DEC-06)
 

On December, 3rd the International Day of Disabled Persons was celebrated in the Russian Federation. In the Russian Federation there are 12.4 million disabled persons, that is almost 10 percent of the population and their number is steadily increasing. In spite of the fact that in 1992 the Russian Federation signed UN documents concerning rights of disabled persons they still live under miserable conditions. (10-DEC-06)
 

On November, 20th, the Moscow Butyrsky court sentenced newspaper Editor in Chief Boris Stomakhin to five years´ imprisonment for incitement ethnic hatred and making extremist statements. Human rights activists are concerned about sentencing the fearless journalist, who has been criticizing actions of Russian authorities in the Chechen Republic. (02-DEC-06)
 

On November, 17th the State Duma approved in the third reading a scandalous amendment to election law eliminating the minimum voter turnout requirement for elections and it also eliminates early voting. The bill provoked a stormy reaction among opposition movements, mass media and human rights activists, demanding to abolish all antidemocratic amendments introduced into electoral law during last years. (25-NOV-06)