Document #1250567
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
President Yeltsin issued a decree on 16 May
1996 prohibiting the involuntary sending of conscripts to war zones
(AFP 16 May 1996; The Herald 17 May 1996; The Moscow Times 18 May
1996; Rossiyskaya Gazeta 18 May 1996). For information on the
decree, including the text, please consult the attachments.
Information on compliance to that decree, and on whether conscripts
were sent to Chechnya in May 1996 before the issuance of the
decree, 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.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 16 May 1996.
Sebastian Smith. "Yeltsin Bans Conscripts from War Zones, Seeks
Professional Army." (NEXIS)
The Herald [Glasgow]. 17 May 1996. Oleg
Shchedrov. "Vote-Winning Move Comes Amid Warning of Assassination
Plot by Russians in Chechnya: Yeltsin Orders End to Conscription."
(NEXIS)
The Moscow Times. 18 May 1996. Robin
Lodge. "Conscription Decree Thought Untenable." (NEXIS)
Rossiyskaya Gazeta [Moscow, in Russian].
18 May 1996. "Russia: Text of Edict on Voluntary Conflict Service
Published." (FBIS-SOV-96-098 20 May 1996, p. 25)
Agence France Presse (AFP). 16 May 1996.
Sebastian Smith. "Yeltsin Bans Conscripts from War Zones, Seeks
Professional Army." (NEXIS)
The Herald [Glasgow]. 17 May 1996. Oleg
Shchedrov. "Vote-Winning Move Comes Amid Warning of Assassination
Plot by Russians in Chechnya: Yeltsin Orders End to Conscription."
(NEXIS)
The Moscow Times. 18 May 1996. Robin
Lodge. "Conscription Decree Thought Untenable." (NEXIS)
Rossiyskaya Gazeta [Moscow, in Russian].
18 May 1996. "Russia: Text of Edict on Voluntary Conflict Service
Published." (FBIS-SOV-96-098 20 May 1996, p. 25)
DIRB country file on Russia.
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa].
Weekly.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Four oral sources consulted did not
provide information on the requested subject.
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI)
Daily Digest [Prague].
Transition: Events and Issues in the
Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe
[Prague]. Bi-monthly.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other
oral sources.