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Azerbaijan: Information from 1993 to present on the treatment of ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 January 1997
Citation / Document Symbol AZE25873.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Azerbaijan: Information from 1993 to present on the treatment of ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers, 1 January 1997, AZE25873.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aba034.html [accessed 24 May 2023]
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For information on the situation of Russians and Russian-speakers in Azerbaijan, please consult the third to last paragraph of the third page of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) attachment and the other attachments. Please also consult page 793 of Country Reports 1993 and page 743 of Country Reports 1994, which are available at Regional Documentation Centres.

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

National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ). Fall 1996. Country Reports: Inside the Former Soviet Union. NCSJ: Washington, DC.

Rabochaya Tribuna [Moscow, in Russian]. 30 December 1994. "'Russian Deputy' on Problems Facing Russian Community." (FBIS-SOV-95-010-S) [Internet] [Accessed 8 Jan. 1997]

_____. 21 September 1994. "Aliyev May Meet with Russian Community." (FBIS-SOV-94-185) [Internet] [Accessed 8 Jan. 1997]

_____. [n.d]. Ali Naibov. "No One Forsaken." (Russian Press Digest 19 Feb. 1993/NEXIS)

Sodruzhestvo [Baku, in Russian]. 9 July 1994. "Local Russians Voice Concerns." (FBIS-USR-94-076) [Internet] [Accessed 8 Jan. 1997]

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