“There is a lot of inequality in the country, especially in small cities, in depressed regions. People have very few opportunities to exercise their rights - to a decent salary, housing, medical care and so on. And it seems to me that this is no less important than upholding political rights and freedoms, ”Fadeev said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.
He also noted that "social rights are not sufficiently visible in the socio-political field."
On October 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the HRC, Mikhail Fedotov, by appointing Valery Fadeev, Secretary of the Public Chamber, in his place.
The head of state also included journalist Kirill Vyshinsky on the council and expelled Yekaterina Shulman, Yevgeny Bobrov, Ilya Shablinsky and Pavel Chikov from it.
Councilor Igor Borisov commented on URA.RU's rotation in the squad.