Bill to criminalise working for unregistered foreign civil society organisations (CSOs) A new article in the Criminal Code provides for a maximum sentence of three years in prison. 29.05.2023 On Monday, the State Duma committee for public building work and legislation recommended that the chamber pass the bill on first reading. Earlier, a group of …

Yandex donates more than 300 million roubles to civil society organisations Yandex has published the annual report of its foundation Help at Hand.  29.05.2023 “In 2022, we focused on developing our programmes. Thanks to the support of Yandex users, we managed to raise twice as much money compared to last year. We organised more than …

Roundtable dialogue on humanitarian support for persons with disabilities in Ukraine 23 May 2023 News release by WHO Ukraine The war in Ukraine has posed new challenges for persons with disabilities living in Ukraine and, with the thousands of injuries sustained since the beginning of the war, the United Nations (UN) expects this population to …

A working group to improve CSO legislation is being created   23.05.2023   Elena Topoleva, Chair of the Public Chamber’s Commission for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector and Support for CSOs, has been speaking about the need for further work in this area.   The Public Chamber’s website has announced the formation of a …

Actors from the Patient Zero television series have recorded an audio fairy-tale for children living with HIV   22.05.2023   The idea for doing a voice-over for the Droplets of Health fairy tale has come from the Children+ charity.   Actors from the Patient Zero series, the first episode of which was shown last spring, …

Russia to create a register of citizens in need   19.05.2023   Tatyana Golikova, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, has said that the register will make it possible to “accurately identify citizens in need” and ascertain whether this data matches information held by Rosstat.   According to TASS, the register will be created this year and …

Study by Children’s Rights Commissioner: 40% of children placed in shelters at parents’ request   17.05.2023   Using data from 14 pilot regions, officials have determined why and at what age children most often end up in shelters.   The Children’s Rights Commissioner’s office has released the results of a comprehensive study aimed at understanding …

Government boosts support for organisations of disabled individuals   15.05.2023   The Cabinet of Ministers expanded the list of goods and services for which organisations of people with disabilities are given priority in public procurement.   The Cabinet of Ministers has recently taken a significant step by broadening the range of goods and services in …

Cyber Fashion Technology: Models with Prosthetics Participate in Fashion Shows   15.05.2023   Cyber Fashion Technology’s models, featuring adults and children with prosthetics, have taken part in three fashion shows in Moscow.   On the first day of the Russian Design and Fashion Forum, the project participants debuted an evening fashion show programme, and later …

The Ministry of Health with support from the Council of CSOs unveils programmes for advanced training in providing psychological support   10.05.2023 The Ministry has developed model programmes and time frames for health workers to provide support for people who have experienced extreme trauma.   It has designed three advanced training programmes for health workers …