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Russie : information sur la situation des Juifs et le traitement qui leur est réservé, la protection qui leur est offerte par l'État et les services de soutien

2 October 2009 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Russia: Situation and treatment of Jews, state protection and support services

2 October 2009 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: Please provide current information as to the treatment of Jewish people in the Russian Federation, and particularly in St Petersburg.

28 August 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Krasnodar (or Kraznodar?) in the period 1977- June 1996; and February 1998-February 2004. 2. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Ryazan from June 1996-February 1998. 3. Please advise as to whether Jews in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar and Ryazan, have become disconnected with their religion during Communist rule and then after the break up of the Soviet Union. 4. Are Jews in USSR/Russia considered to be an ethnic group rather than a religion? 5. Please advise the meaning of the following Jewish terms/objects, and whether they have a different word to describe them in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar: * Menorah (7-pronged candlestick); * Torah (book of the teaching and judgments of early Jewish priests); * there is also another book, the Talmud. Please provide the definition of that as well. * Yumulkah (skull cap; it may be Tubiteyka in Russian); * Ashkenazi (the group of Jews who emanate from Europe; compare Sephardi); * Bar mitzvah (ceremony for a boy at age 13 when he acquires religious obligations); * Moile (man who performs the ritual circumcision; this may be the Yiddish word and the Russian word may be Reznick or Reznik). 6. When is ritual circumcision to take place? (Within 7 days of the birth of the male child?)

8 May 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. What is the attitude to Jews by the state and people (including Cossacks and skinheads) in Russia? 2. What action do the police take to protect Jews? 3. What rights does a Jewish person have to settle in Israel if they have they changed their religion?

31 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please provide an update with regard to the law which came into effect in January 2004 which relates to alternative service for new military recruits (conscripts)? 2. Are Christian conscientious objectors generally being allowed to do alternative service? 3. What are the typical alternatives available? 4. What are the views of the main human rights groups about the implementation of the new law? 5. Please provide evidence as to the possible treatment by fellow soldiers of conscripts who are Orthodox Christian, have a Jewish background or have lived abroad and have poor Russian language ability. Is it any worse than that of other conscripts?

20 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please provide details of any discrimination against Jews in Russia, particularly in the Kazan area. 2. Please provide details of any mafia type activity in the area, particularly against pensioners, including attempts to evict them. 3. Please advise regarding role of the Government in increasing fees for pensioners occupying public facilities and the role of the Department of Internal Affairs in the Vakhitovsky region. 4. Does the government provide any assistance against the mafia in this area/city/province? 5. Can a Jewish woman move anywhere else where she would receive more protection from the government? 6. Please advise on a Jewish person's rights to reside in Israel, if any

21 September 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russia: Incidents where non-practicing Jews identified only by their identity documents face repeated violent physical attacks upon their person or upon their homes or belongings; repeated violent physical attacks upon practicing Jews at the grassroots level (2000-October 2001)

14 November 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Russia: Information on the Treatment of Jews in the Russian Federation

6 February 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Russia: The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) including mandate, past and present activities, funding, links to other organizations, bias and credibility; whether or not it encourages emigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union (1999-October 2000)

23 October 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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