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Moldova: Information on violent activities in Kishiniev in 1991, particularly those involving the activities of the Popular Front and whether there was a mass exodus of ethnic Russians from Kishiniev

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 June 1992
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There is no information in the sources regularly consulted by the IRBDC on violent activities in Kishiniev in 1991 nor of a mass exodus of ethnic Russians from Kishiniev. None of the reports mention violent activities in connection with the Popular Front.

Please find attached a selection of references to the activities of the Popular Front in Moldova during the past 18 months.

Attachments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 31 January 1992. Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 1. No. 5. Vladimir Socor, "Why Moldova Does Not Seek Reunification with Romania." [Extract].

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 15 November 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. "Weekly Record of Events."

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 4 October 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. "Weekly Record of Events."

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 6 September 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. "Weekly Record of Events."

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 16 August 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. "Weekly Record of Events." Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 24 May 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. "Weekly Record of Events."

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 29 March 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. Vol. 3, No. 13. Vladimir Socor, "Moldavia Resists Pressure and Boycotts Union Referendum." [Extract].

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