Russia: Information on a group called the "Cossacks of Kuban"
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS22334.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on a group called the "Cossacks of Kuban", 1 November 1995, RUS22334.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8940.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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Information on a group called the Cossacks of Kuban could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, there are three references to similarly worded groups; it is unclear whether these groups may also be known as the "Cossacks of Kuban."
For a reference to the Cossack Union of Kuban, please consult the third paragraph of page 107 of the Uncaptive Minds attachment of Winter-Spring 1994. For information on a group called the Kuban Council of the Cossacks, please consult the last paragraph of page 29, and following, of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) attachment of 22 April 1994; the introduction on page 28 may also be of interest. For a reference to the All-Kuban Cossack Host, please consult the fifth paragraph on the second page of the 2 June 1995 Izvestia attachment.
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. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Izvestia [Moscow, in Russian]. 2 June 1995. Aleksei Kuzmihn et al. "State Takes Steps to Legalize, Unite Cossacks." (Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press 28 June 1995/NEXIS)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Research Institute. 22 April 1994. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 3, No. 16. Vladimir Pribylovsky. "A Survey of Radical Right-Wing Groups in Russia," pp. 28-30.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington, DC]. Winter-Spring 1994. Vol. 7, No. 1. Sergiusz Matiunin. "The Cossack Revival," pp. 105-07.
Other Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. Yearly.
DIRB country file on Russia.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.
Indexed Media Review.
Monitor [Washington]. Bi-Monthly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.
On-line search of media sources.
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), Prague. Transition. Bi-Monthly.
Oral sources.
