Soviet Union: Information on an unsuccessful defection attempt by a member of the Leningrad State Ballet Theatre in Paris in January 1990
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SUN15392.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Soviet Union: Information on an unsuccessful defection attempt by a member of the Leningrad State Ballet Theatre in Paris in January 1990, 1 October 1993, SUN15392.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac4ba4.html [accessed 22 October 2022] |
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The only information currently available to the DIRB on the presence of a Leningrad ballet troupe in Paris in early 1990 is the attached article of 24 February 1990 from the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) which announces the beginning of a two-month guest tour of France. No reports of a defection attempt were found in the sources regularly accessed by an on-line search.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS). 24 February 1990. "Leningrad Ballet Troupe Leaves for Paris." (NEXIS)
