The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights is a consultative body to the President of the Russian Federation, tasked with assisting him in guaranteeing and protecting human rights and freedoms in Russia. Since October 21, 2019, the chairman of the Council has been Valery Fadeyev. The Council was created in 2004 by reorganizing the Commission on human rights, which existed since November 1993. The Council currently consists of 47 people, including political scientist

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, filmmaker

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, '' Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a ...

, journalist

Kirill Vyshinsky Kirill Valeryevich Vyshinsky (russian: Кирилл Валериевич Вышинский; uk, Кирило Валерійович Вишинський ) (born 19 February 1967) is a journalist. He was the director of RIA Novosti's Ukraine bran ...

and economist

Yevgeny Yasin Yevgeny Grigoryevich Yasin (russian: Евге́ний Григо́рьевич Я́син; born 7 May 1934) is a prominent Russian economist. He was the Russian Minister for the Economy between 1994 and 1997. Until July 2021 was an academic superv ...

Chairmen

Ella Pamfilova Ella Aleksandrovna Pamfilova (; born 12 September 1953) is a Russian politician, former deputy of the State Duma, candidate for president in 2000 and former chairman (2004 - 2010) of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. On ...

(1 November 2004 – 30 July 2010) # Mikhail Fedotov (12 October 2010 – 22 October 2019) # Valery Fadeyev (from 22 October 2019)

Criticism

On October 5, 2009, the Council issued a statement condemning the actions of the ''

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'' activists against journalist

Alexander Podrabinek Alexander Pinkhosovich Podrabinek (russian: Алекса́ндр Пи́нхосович Подраби́нек; born 8 August 1953, Elektrostal) is a Soviet dissident, journalist and commentator. During the Soviet period he was a human rights ac ...

. The original version of the statement, posted on the Council's website, did not condemn Podrabinek's frank statements towards WWII veterans. However, the statement was later edited (according to some sources, after a call from a high-ranking official to

) and included remarks that the Council did not agree with Podrabinek's position. Valery Fadeyev, future chairman of the council, described its behavior within Podrabinek controversy as strange and unnatural. Journalist Maksim Shevchenko, who was a member of the Council in 2012–18, described its activities as follows:

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* Government of Russia 2004 establishments in Russia {{Russia-gov-stub