Moskalkova called on the ICRC to step up its work on visiting prisoners

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova during a meeting with the Director of the Office of Operational Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Yasmin Pradessimo at the Human Rights House on July 3 called for increased work on visiting Russian prisoners of war.

"She convincingly asked to step up work on visiting captured Russian servicemen and searching for missing persons," Moskalkova said in a post on her Telegram channel.

Initiatives to improve cooperation in providing humanitarian assistance to prisoners of war and missing persons were also discussed during the meeting.

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On May 30, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that crimes committed against Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine were comparable to torture in Nazi concentration camps. She noted that it is particularly alarming that the ill-treatment of prisoners of war is systemic and, according to the testimony of the prisoners themselves, bullying is sometimes carried out under the supervision or literally with the approval of Ukrainian officials.