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Russian Federation: 1. What are the compulsory military service obligations in Russia? 2. Is there any evidence that those performing compulsory military service are sent to serve in Chechnya? 3. What system of alternative service is available to those with a conscientious objection to military service? 4. How is a person's entitlement to perform alternative service determined? 5. Please provide information on the "dedovshchina" system and the treatment of "dukhi". 6. What steps have the Russian authorities taken to combat dedovshchina and what remedies are open to a first year recruit who suffers harm? 7. Are those who perform alternative service also affected by dedovshchina? 8. Are there any reports of people being killed for refusing to fight in Chechnya? 9. Do those from Belarus face discrimination in Russian society and in the military in particular? 10. Are there any reports of military conscripts being harmed for being unhealthy or physically weak? 11. Are there any possible avenues by which a person might avoid military or alternative service altogether? 12. Would a person born in Belarus to Russian/Ukrainian parents have citizenship of Belarus or any other entitlement to enter and reside there? 28 July 2008 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Fédération de Russie/Turkménistan/Ouzbékistan : information indiquant si une personne née en Ouzbékistan de parents d'origine russe, qui a grandi au Turkménistan et s'est vu délivrer un passeport de l'ex-URSS quand elle résidait dans le Turkménistan soviétique, a droit à la citoyenneté turkmène, russe ou ouzbèke 11 March 2008 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Russian Federation/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Whether an individual born in Uzbekistan to ethnic Russian parents, who grew up in Turkmenistan and was issued a USSR passport while resident in Soviet Turkmenistan, is entitled to Turkmen, Russian, or Uzbek citizenship 11 March 2008 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: Protection available to female victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, including legal mechanisms; whether there are any reports of police refusing to process complaints of sexual harassment from immigrant women who are from the former Soviet Union 29 February 2008 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Russian Federation: 1. Please provide information on fate of Yabloko Party supporters from 2003 to present. 2. What are the procedures for investigating tax offences? Who are the investigators? Where are the people interviewed? 3. Where are the tax offices located in Moscow? 4. What are the summons and charge procedures for tax offences? 5. Is there a "black list" for people wanted for tax offences when departing Russia? 27 February 2008 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Russia: Domestic violence; recourse and protection available to victims of domestic violence (2005-2007) 2 October 2007 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Russie : information sur la violence conjugale; recours et protection offerts aux victimes de violence conjugale (2005-2007) 2 October 2007 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Russian Federation: Please provide current information as to the treatment of Jewish people in the Russian Federation, and particularly in St Petersburg. 28 August 2007 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Russian Federation: 1. Please provide an update on the current law that applies to conscription of reservists. 2. Are Molokan Christians from the Stavropol area allowed to do alternative service or are they required to do military service as a result of the conflict in Chechnya? 3. What alternatives are available? 4. What happens to Molokan Christians who refuse or defect from military service? 16 August 2007 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Third party intervention by the Commissioner for Human Rights under Article 36 para 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Application No. 29999/04 Mamasakhlisi v. Georgia and Russia 16 August 2007 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Query Responses

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