Dokument #1267724
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the above-mentioned topic
could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research
Directorate. However, for a reference to an organization in St.
Petersburg called the Jewish Welfare Society and a list of other
Jewish organizations there, please consult the second paragraph of
the second page of the attachment.
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 sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Attachment
1996 Country Reports: Inside the
Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. 1996.
Washington, DC: National Conference on Soviet Jewry, [no page
numbers].
Sources Consulted
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), WNC (World News
Connection).
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice
monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington].
Quarterly.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral
sources.