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Summary: Information about institutions in the Russian Federation that monitor children's rights.
Children's Ombudsperson The Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation (http://english.rfdeti.ru/) acts as an Ombudsperson for children at the Federal level. There are also a number of children's ombudspersons at the State level, including in the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), North Ossetia-Alania, Krasnodar territory, Krasnoyarsk territory, Volgograd oblast, Vologda oblast, Ivanovo oblast, Kemerovo oblast, Novgorod oblast, Perm oblast, Samara oblast, Saratov oblast, Moscow and St. Petersburg. At municipal level there are ombudspersons in Arzamas district in Novgorod oblast and the cities of Volzhsky and Kamyshin in Volgograd oblast. However, the Committee on the Rights of the Child noted in its Concluding Observations of 2005 that these institutions are not provided with sufficient funds and lack qualified personnel to enable them to operate and function effectively.