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
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