Russia: Update of RUS37011.E of 28 May 2001 on the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians; whether they encounter discrimination and/or attacks by nationalists; availability of state protection; reports of attacks on Ukrainians in Nizhnevartovsk by Kazaks (January 2000-Sept 2002)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 24 September 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS40073.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Update of RUS37011.E of 28 May 2001 on the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians; whether they encounter discrimination and/or attacks by nationalists; availability of state protection; reports of attacks on Ukrainians in Nizhnevartovsk by Kazaks (January 2000-Sept 2002) , 24 September 2002, RUS40073.E , available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4e0f7.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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Only one report which might indicate the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians in Russia could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. A 10 September 2002 news excerpt from Interfax reported that Volodymyr Lytvyn, the parliament chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Council, and Oleg Mironov, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation, had met to discuss "problems of human rights protection in Russia and Ukraine." According to the report, Lytvyn is quoted as stating that:
... there have been a lot of complaints over "improper" treatment of Ukrainian citizens by Russian authorities. The complaints, in particular, referred to indiscriminate checks of documents and confiscation of Ukrainian national passports, as well as the impossibility to export from Russia the money earned there (Interfax 10 Sept. 2002).
Further details are not given and reports which corroborate this information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
No reports on the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians in Nizhnevartovskcould 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.
References
Interfax-Ukraine News Agency [Kiev, in Russian]. 10 September 2002. "Russian Ombudsman Told to Protect Rights of Ukrainians in Russia." (BBC Worldwide Monitoring/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
World News Connection (WNC)
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International
Country Reports
European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance
Freedom House
Human Rights Watch
Minorities at Risk Project
Open Society Institute
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Religious Information Service of the Ukraine (RISU)
The Russian Review
Ukrainian Gateway
The Ukrainian Quarterly
The Ukrainian World Congress Quarterly
Ukrinform: News from the Ukraine
United Nations High Commission on Human Rights
