Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, what does she really stand for?
Tatyana Moskalkova’s tenure as the Russian Federation’s Human Rights Commissioner exemplifies the broader systemic challenges facing human rights protection in Putin’s Russia. Under her leadership, the institution has come under severe scrutiny both domestically and internationally for its apparent lack of independence and inability to address key human rights issues. The Russian ombudsman system, theoretically created to ensure state accountability, has instead been subsumed under the centralized control of the government. The ombudsman, like many other institutions in Russia,…
