Russia: Information on the treatment of ethnic Chechens and Russian-Chechen couples, particularly in Moscow
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS22723.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on the treatment of ethnic Chechens and Russian-Chechen couples, particularly in Moscow, 1 March 1996, RUS22723.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aceb3f.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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For information on the treatment of dark-skinned minorities in Russia, please consult the Yezhednevnaya Gazeta attachment of 2-8 November 1995; for information on Chechens, consult the fourth paragraph of page 51. Please also consult the third paragraph of page 3, pages 7, 12, 22, 24, 26, 29 and 30 of the Human Rights Watch/Helsinki attachment of September 1995, and the other attachments. For further information on the treatment of people from the Caucasus, please consult Responses to Information Requests RUS20220.E of 31 March 1995 and RUS19743.E of 16 February 1995. Information on the situation of Russian-Chechen couples 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
The Associated Press (AP). 10 July 1995. "Chechen Peace Talks Resume With Russia-Chechnya-Court." (NEXIS)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Helsinki. September 1995. Russia: Crime of Simply Punishment? Racist Attacks By Moscow Law Enforcement. New York: Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, pp. 3, 7, 12, 22, 24, 26, 29-30.
ITAR-TASS News Agency (World Service) [Moscow, in Russian]. 10 July 1995. "Talks; Expulsions of Chechens Condemned at Grozny Talks." (BBC Summary 12 July 1995/NEXIS)
Yezhednevnaya Gazeta [Moscow, in Russian]. 2-8 November 1995. Zoya Yeroshok. "Police Abuses of Ethnic Minorities Viewed." (FBIS-SOV-95-235-S 7 Dec. 1995, pp. 49-54)
Additional Sources Consulted
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral sources.
Transition: Events and Issues in the Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe [Prague]. Bi-monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York]. Quarterly.
