On the official site of Ministry of labour and social development the new section "Organization of alternative civil service" is created (http://www.mintrud.ru/?type=docs&id=925).

About creation of public association "Murmansk regional center of a public policy" was informed by administration of area. The agreement on its creation was signed by Irina Pajkacheva (the Kola association of women - lawyers), Igor Lebedev (Murmansk center of economic and political researches (Epicentre), Nadezhda Khlebnikova (Murmansk association of women journalists).

The brochure is addressed to those who is going to protect independently the rights, but feels lack of practical experience.

The group does not depend on any political associations and does not pursue commercial objectives. An overall objective - observance of the civil rights of M.B.Khodorkovski and other persons who are taking place on business of "YUKOS". The address of a site: www.sovest.org

The representative on human rights in Russian Federation, Oleg Mironov, has sent the letter with the offer to create in the lower chamber of parliament the Committee on human rights to deputies of the State Duma.

Valentine Melnikova, responsible secretary of the Union of committees of soldier's mothers, criticizes the law on alternative civil service.

Initiative group "Common action" has distributed the appeal in connection with presentation of criminal charges to well known human rights protector, director of the Museum and the Public center of the name of Andrey Saharov, Jury Samodurov, to the employee of the Museum and the Public center to Lyudmila Vasilovskaya, and also three artists, curators of the exhibition to Anna Alchuk, Arutun Zulumyan and Narine Zolyan.

During meeting of the President of the Russian Federation with members of the Commission of Human Rights and heads of the law enforcement bodies, taken place on December, 10, 2003, a member of the Commission of Human Rights the doctor of jurisprudence Tamara Morshchakova (the former vice-president, and nowadays the adviser of the Constitutional court of the Russian Federation) has announced these offers. During meeting the president has supported idea of strengthening of the similar control.

On December, 22, 2003 in the Ministry of labor and social development of the Russian Federation the conference devoted to problems of intersector interaction for achievements of Millenium Development Goals has passed. The most effective performance of Goals is possible at inclusion in work of the organizations of the third sector, director of Institute of social and economic researches of problems of the population of the Russian Academy of Science Natalia Rimashevskaja considers. In the Russian Federation the gender inequality has got the specificity. N.Rimashevskaja considers, that now our society experiences "Renaissance of patriarchy".

On December, 22, 2003 in the Ministry of labor and social development of the Russian Federation has passed conference "Intersector interaction and partnership for achievement of the Millenium Development Goals" with participation of representatives from more than 30 regions of Russia.