Dokument #1187965
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
According to a writer on Russian affairs
for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and to a number of
media reports, Nedelya (Weekly) is a weekly supplement to
Izvestia (29 Apr. 1991; Russian Press Digest 28 June
1991; The New York Times 22 Dec. 1985). For general
information on Izvestia, please consult the attachment from
Russia and the Commonwealth, A to Z.
Information on whether an article entitled
"White Thread on Black Background" by Natalya Radko appeared in
1989 is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.
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.
The New York Times. 22 December
1985. Late City Final Edition. Philip Taubman. "Writers Say
Yevtushenko Speech Reflected a Hopeful Mood." (NEXIS)
Writer on Russian affairs, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Munich. 4 May 1994. Telephone
interview.
Russian Press Digest [Moscow]. 28
June 1991. Irina Kolesnikova. "Nedelya: Bad Izvestia (News)."
(NEXIS)
Nedelya [Moscow]. n.d. Natalya
Radko. "White Thread on Black Background." (unofficial
translation).
The New York Times. 22 December
1985. Late City Edition. Philip Taubman. "Writers Say Yevtushenko
Speech Reflected a Hopeful Mood." (NEXIS)
Russian Press Digest [Moscow]. 28
June 1991. Irina Kolesnikova. "Nedelya: Bad Izvestia (News)."
(NEXIS)
Wilson, Andrew and Nina Bachkatov. 1992.
Russia and the Commonwealth, A to Z. New York:
HarperPerennial, p. 110.
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