The list members of chamber (2012 year)

Convocation

2012  

Chair of the Council	The Russian Public Council for international cooperation and public diplomacy
Members of the Council	Council of the Civic Chamber
Head of the inter-commission workgroup	Inter-commission working group on international cooperation and public diplomacy
Commission Members	Commission on civil society development and interaction with civic chambers of subjects of the Russian Federation
Member of the inter-commission workgroup	Inter-commission working group on drafting the Yearly report of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation of the state of civil society
Commission Members with a consultative vote	Commission on tolerance and freedom of conscience

• 23 october, 2013

  What was under discussion at the Presidential Council on interethnic relations?

  “The most important thing is to focus on working with young people.”

• 12 september, 2013

  UN: Russia is the second country in the world by the number of foreign migrants

  “One can believe this statistics. But we should have in mind that UN counts both incoming and coming out migration.”

• 05 august, 2013

  A member of the American Bloodhound Gang rock-group insulted upon the Russian flag

  “In my opinion, our authorities should have reacted to the situation more promptly and immediately annul group members’ Russian visas.”

• 24 june, 2013

  A draft law on liability for denial of the Nuremberg Trials and false information on the anti-Hitler coalition has been submitted to the State Duma

  “A very interesting and sad example of the change of the Russian public conscience and the logic of political discussion.”

• 05 june, 2013

  Soft power depends on our successes

  “We, certainly, do not have such system of ‘soft power’ and public diplomacy as the U.S. does.”

• 11 april, 2013

  Ivanishvili: Georgian authorities acted inadequately in August 2008

  “This statement of the Prime Minister is a serious step forward for the further development of the Russian-Georgian relations.”

• 05 april, 2013

  There are fewer crimes related to anti-Semitism in Russia than in Western countries: a report

  “Nationalism came to us from Western Europe.”

• 11 march, 2013

  Russia wants to strengthen the international position of BRICS

  “BRICS as a political reality is more a question rather than an answer.”

• 07 december, 2012

  The U.S. Congress adopted “Magnitsky Bill”

  “Magnitsky Bill is absolutely ideological; it is unbelievably short (4 points only) and, more importantly, has no technical sense.”

• 15 november, 2012

  Amendments were introduced to the Law on Citizenship

  “We can surely say now that the day is ours.”

• 12 november, 2012

  One hundred thirty people were detained in Poland in the course of a nationalist march

  “This might be an easy way to the 1930s. We did not take the far rightists seriously.”

• 17 october, 2012

  RF re-introduces visas for EU aircraft crews

  “In my opinion, this is a kind of instrument of pressure on the European governments currently delaying introduction of visa-free regime between the EU and Russia.”

• 12 october, 2012

  The Nobel Prize was awarded to the European Council

  “The Nobel Prize has always been highly politicized”.

• 03 august, 2012

  Tkachyov is planning to fight Caucasian presence in Kuban

  “Tkachyov is actually calling for a breakdown of the country”.

• 27 jule, 2012

  Journalists might be prohibited to indicate nationalities of their articles’ characters

  “However, if this was a criminal or communal conflict, then a reference to the ethnic affiliation gets under incitement of ethnic hatred”.

• 04 jule, 2012

  The Ukrainian Rada approved the law on the Russian language

  "It is important to pay attention at the fact that the bill embraces not only the Russian language, but all the languages spoken by more than 10% of the population of a region".

• 25 june, 2012

  A conflict between residents of the township Demyanovo

  "It would not be possible to resolve the conflict with the police efforts only; the people will have to live together afterwards, side by side".

• 27 march, 2012

  Mitt Romney called Russia «enemy No. 1»

• 11 march, 2012

  The Civic Chamber will participate in preparing the report for the United Nations Human Rights Council

• 20 february, 2012

  75% citizens of Latvia voted against the second state language

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• 24 october, 2013

  What I did not say in Ufa

  I did not have a chance to read the paper as it had been prepared. This was for the best.

  Rubric: Hot comment

• 13 february, 2013

  About the “emotional squabble” between Russia and the U.S.

  I am absolutely sure that there is no direct dependence of the official relations between the two countries and connections between non-governmental organizations. Wise diplomats are well aware of the eternal credo: politicians come and go, and peoples stay.

  Rubric: International relations