Russia: Reports of elderly or retired persons in the Kabardino-Balkaria region having their apartments seized or confiscated by criminals (1998-February 2000)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 24 February 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS33755.E |
| Reference | 5 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Reports of elderly or retired persons in the Kabardino-Balkaria region having their apartments seized or confiscated by criminals (1998-February 2000), 24 February 2000, RUS33755.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5a20.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No reports of the seizure or confiscation of apartments by criminals in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in the Northern Caucasus could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
A 1998 study conducted by the UK Ministry of Defence Conflict Studies Research Centre CSRC) entitled The Caucasus Region and Caspian Basin: 'Changes, Complication and Challenge' , cites crime statistics released in September 1997 by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs that reveal that despite a drop in the crime rate in Russia as a whole, crime growth was "noticeable" in the republics of Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachayevo-Cherkessia, North Osetia-Alaniya and Stavropol'Kray, with an increase in the number of robbery assaults and intentionally committed murders.
A 10 July 1999 ITAR-TASS report quotes Russian First Deputy Interior Minister Valdimir Kolesnikov as saying that hostage-taking in the North Caucasus has been a problem in the Northern Caucasus, including Kabardino-Balkaria.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
The Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC). Circa 1998. C.W. Blandy. The Caucasus Region and Caspian Basin: "Change, Complication and Challenge."
ITAR-TASS [Moscow, in English]. 10 July 1999. "Moscow, Regions to Join Fight Against Crime." (FBIS-SOV-1999-0711 10 July 1999/WNC)
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB databases
Internet sources, including:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
General searches on organized crime in Russia and the North Caucasus