Russian Federation: Ethnic Discrimination in Southern Russia
August 1998 (D1008)
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SUMMARY
RECOMMENDATIONS
To the Governments of
the Russian Federation:
To the U.N. High Commissioner
for Human Rights:
To the Organization
on Security and Cooperation in Europe:
To the Council of Europe:
To the United States
Government and the European Commission:
BACKGROUND
THE RISE OF XENOPHOBIA
IN RUSSIA
The Legacy of Soviet
Nationalities Policy
Ethnic Wars and Forced
Migration
Economic Dislocation
The Cossack Movement
THE RESIDENCE PERMIT
SYSTEM (PROPISKA)
In Krasnodar and Stavropol
Provinces
Freedom of Movement
Identity Checks
With Extortion
With Arbitrary Detention
Violence against Chechens
outside of Chechnya
As a Result of the
Chechen Conflict
After the Budennovsk
Hostage-Taking Incident
Abuses by Cossacks
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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