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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the above-mentioned topic is
currently unavailable to the DIRB. However, please find attached
material on ethnic Germans living in Russia.
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.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 7 October
1992. "German Foreign Minister Meets with Yeltsin, Gorbachev."
(NEXIS)
ITAR-TASS World Service [Moscow, in
Russian]. 15 March 1994. "Shakhray on Restoration of Russian
Germans' Autonomy." (FBIS-SOV-94-051 16 Mar. 1994, p. 20)
Kaliningradskaya Pravda
[Kalinigrad, in Russian]. 21 September 1993. "'Eintracht' Society
Leader Denies Rumors of 'Germanization'." (FBIS-SOV-93-189 1 Oct.
1993, pp. 20-21)
Reuters. 7 February 1992. BC Cycle.
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Russian Press Digest. 2 March
1991. "Germans Gather in Moscow." (NEXIS)
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(TASS). 10 March 1994. Gennady Kulbitsky. "Germany to Assist Russia
in Accomodating Ethnic Germans." (NEXIS)
_____. 7 December 1992. "Russian
Government Approves Russian-German School." (NEXIS)
_____. 3 March 1992. "Yeltsin Issues
Decree on Russian Germans." (NEXIS)
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October 1992. "Kinkel: Situation of Germans in Russia Vital for
Relations." (NEXIS)
Wilson, Andrew and Nina Bachkatov. 1992.
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