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The right to education is one of the most important social and cultural human rights, while education itself is a necessary condition for children’s socialization.  As a participant of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which protects all…

After having considered the official report of the Russian Federation in January 2014 the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has made important recommendations that are obligatory for fulfillment. Russia, as a participant of the Convention on the…

As Winter Olympics started in Sochi, several billion people were watching broadcasts, as we were told. Critical voices were supposed to hush at the sight of this greatness – winners shouldn’t be judged, a lot was built (have respect for…

People in a neighboring country, Ukraine, stood in pickets even if it was freezing cold, lived on city squares and struggled against intolerable laws, trying to abolish them (and they did succeed in some cases!). But Russia has “its own…

Following last year’s outbreak of anti-immigrant sentiments, many Russian media started reporting about an unprecedented “rise in crime acts” committed by immigrants, which supposedly was a “threat to national security”.  Spreading negative news reports and outright distortion of facts inevitably…