Russia: Information on the treatment of ethnic Russians and ethnic Chechens in Moscow who are refugees from Chechnya
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS26430.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on the treatment of ethnic Russians and ethnic Chechens in Moscow who are refugees from Chechnya, 1 March 1997, RUS26430.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aabb24.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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For information on the situation of Chechens and Chechen refugees in Moscow, please consult the 13 July 1996 Chicago Tribune attachment, particularly the last two paragraphs of the second page. For information on the situation of the homeless and refugees in Moscow, please consult the 5 March 1997 Moscow Times attachment, particularly the second page. For additional information on the treatment of Chechens and Chechen refugees in Moscow, please consult the second column of page 232 and page 233 of the Human Rights Watch World Report attachment, as well as the fifth paragraph of section two d. (beginning with the words Discriminatory documents) and the last paragraph of section five of Country Reports 1996, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres. Information on the treatment of ethnic Russians in Moscow who are refugees from Chechnya could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
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 additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Chicago Tribune. 13 July 1996. North Sports Final Edition. James P. Gallagher. "Bomb Spree has Moscow on Edge." (NEXIS)
Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1996. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 232-33.
The Moscow Times. 5 March 1997. Valeria Korchagina. "Little Help in Sight for Homeless." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.
DIRB country file on Russia.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.
