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Russia - Moskalkova: 20% of calls to the hotline are still related to the pandemic

Russia (bbabo.net), - No achievements are possible without close constructive interaction with the authorities. Tatyana Moskalkova, Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, spoke about this at the Business Breakfast.

- Last year, the Ombudsman of Kazakhstan turned to us with a request to help more than a hundred trucks cross the closed border. And we have resolved this problem with our authorities,” she said. - And when more than 400 Azerbaijani citizens could not get to their homeland on the Russian-Azerbaijani border, I turned to the Azerbaijani Ombudsman. And she, in turn, to the president, the border was opened for several hours, and people got to their homes.

“Although the second year of the pandemic is ending, the situation is not much easier,” Moskalkova said.

And although Russians have to some extent adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, 20 percent of calls received by the Ombudsman's hotline are related to it. People are concerned about drug provision, hospitalization, freedom of movement, the quality of the ambulance.

- We try to resolve these issues in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, and authorities, and sometimes with the prosecutor's office, - said Tatyana Moskalkova.

Russia - Moskalkova: 20% of calls to the hotline are still related to the pandemic