Document #1353506
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information in 2000 on the situation of Doukhobors and Old Believers in Russia could 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Correspondence sent to two oral
sources
IRB databases
Frontier (Keston Institute: London).
Vols. 1-4, 2000.
LEIXS/NEXIS
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International
Canadian Doukhobor Society
Christian Solidarity International
Freedom House
Hokkaido Slavic Research Centre
2000 Annual Report International
Religious Freedom
Jamestown Foundation
Memorial Society
Orthodox Net
Russian Religion News
PR Centre (Watching the former Soviet
Union)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russia Christian Page
Transitions Online
World News Connection