Information on the situation of a Russian family that has no relatives living in Russia upon returning to Russia after living in Estonia [RUS13974]

Information specific to the situation of the family described above is not currently available to the DIRB; however, the attached documents provide related information on general conditions faced by people, including migrants, in Russia and may therefore be of some interest to you.

Attachments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. January 1993. Human Rights and Democratization in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Washington, D.C.: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, pp. 29, 47, 48.

The Documentation, Information and Research Branch, Immigration and Refugee Board (DIRB), Ottawa. 22 March 1993. Response to Information Request RUS13544.

_____. January 1993. Response to Information Request RUS12870.

Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 22 April 1992. Response to Information Request RUS10671.

_____. 9 March 1992. Response to Information Request RUS10440.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 25-29 January 1993. RFE/RL News Briefs. Supplement to the RFE/RL Research Report, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1993 [Munich]. Sheila Marnie. "Latest Russian Unemployment Forecasts," p. 2.

_____. 1 January 1993. Vol. 2, No. 1. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Alexander Rahr. "The First Year of Russian Independence," p. 50-57.