An ombudsman for the rights of SVO participants has appeared in the Kursk region.

Resolution on the introduction of a new position опубликовал Governor Alexander Khinshtein. According to the official, the ombudsman will protect the rights of SVO participants and their family members.

"These are our kids: neighbors, classmates, colleagues. And their families are ours too. They live nearby, go to the same stores, and take their children to the same schools. And often they need help, which sometimes means there's no one to turn to," Khinshtein noted.

The authorities will decide on a candidate in the near future.

“This will be a worthy and understanding person,” Khinshtein clarified. — For those who are now on the front lines, it is important to know one thing: everything is fine at home, loved ones are being taken care of, no one is abandoned.”

Kursk region became the first region to establish the position of ombudsman for the rights of "SVO" participants. In other regions, human rights ombudsmen are responsible for protecting the rights of military personnel. According to the Tomsk ombudsman's report, Elena Kartashova, last year almost every third request concerned War-related topics. Most often, SVO participants and their relatives complain about decisions by military medical commissions, problems with payments, obtaining documents proving kinship with the deceased, and cases where service members are mistakenly assigned the status of those absent without leave (SOCh). Relatives of SOCh participants are not entitled to payments, and it is possible that the Ministry of Defense is trying to do this. save money.