Putin noted that "the law is almost always a compromise of interests."
“At the same time, it is important that lawmakers do not depart from universally recognized world standards in the field of protecting human rights and freedoms,” RIA Novosti quoted the Russian president as saying.
He explained that he was talking "about standards, and not about the list of rights." According to him, "their declaration even in the basic law does not mean, unfortunately, in practice, their observance, we need appropriate clear, well-functioning mechanisms to minimize the likelihood of derogation of rights and, moreover, their denial."
On October 21, the Secretary of the Public Chamber of Russia Valery Fadeev was appointed chairman of the HRC. The corresponding decision was made due to the fact that the former head of the HRC, Mikhail Fedotov, was dismissed from public service due to his age of 70 years.