Ukraine: Nationalist groups containing Cossacks; treatment of ethnic minorities by Cossacks; treatment of Cossacks by the state (January 1991 - July 2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 31 July 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR37579.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Nationalist groups containing Cossacks; treatment of ethnic minorities by Cossacks; treatment of Cossacks by the state (January 1991 - July 2001), 31 July 2001, UKR37579.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bebd18.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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A 29 July 1999 NTV emission states:
Seventeen members of this organization [ultranationalist organization UNA-UNSD Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian National Self-Defence] were arrested in Kharkiv Region while in combat training. Sixty-four petrol bombs and sharpened spades were confiscated from them ... All the arrested turned out to be Cossacks.
No additional information on nationalist organizations in Ukraine containing Cossacks, nor on the treatment of ethnic minorities by Cossacks, or on the treatment of Cossacks by the state, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
Reference
NTV [Moscow, in Russian]. 29 July 1999. "Ukraine: Ultranationalists Arrested for Possession of Arms." (BBC 30 July 1999/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Correspondence sent to one oral source
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other oral sources
IRB databases
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International
Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
BBC News Online
CrossPoint AntiRacism
European Centre for Minority Issues
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Hokkaido University Slavic Research Centre
Human Rights Information Centre - Ukraine
Human Rights Watch
Institute on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
Minority Rights Group
Nationalities Papers
OneWorld.org
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Slavic search engines: ukraina, kazak, kozak, kazachestvo, ukrainskii
The Ukrainian Quarterly
World News Connection
