Despite Olympics, Russian Government Expands Crackdown on Circassian Activists
On February 14, Russian police arrested Asker Sokht, the head of the Circassian civil organization Adyge Khase, in the city of Krasnodar, the capital of... MORE
Despite Olympics, Russian Government Expands Crackdown on Circassian Activists
On February 14, Russian police arrested Asker Sokht, the head of the Circassian civil organization Adyge Khase, in the city of Krasnodar, the capital of... MORE
Putin Says West Using Circassian Issue to ‘Contain’ Russia
By Paul GoblePresident Vladimir Putin said today (February 10) that the West is using the Circassian issue as part of its broader effort to “contain”... MORE
On Eve of Olympics, Circassians Hold First Ever Public Commemoration of 19th Century Tragedy
On January 2 and 9, Adyge Khase—Circassian Council, a Circassian civil organization in Adygea—held its first public commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the final... MORE
On Eve of Olympics, Circassians Hold First Ever Public Commemoration of 19th Century Tragedy
On January 2 and 9, Adyge Khase—Circassian Council, a Circassian civil organization in Adygea—held its first public commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the final... MORE
On Eve of Sochi, Russian Authorities’ Step Up Harassment of Circassian Civil Activists
On December 13, authorities in Krasnodar region briefly detained a dozen Circassian activists in a surprise police raid. Eleven persons from Adygea, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria... MORE
On Eve of Sochi, Russian Authorities’ Step Up Harassment of Circassian Civil Activists
On December 13, authorities in Krasnodar region briefly detained a dozen Circassian activists in a surprise police raid. Eleven persons from Adygea, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria... MORE
Moscow’s Effort to Debunk Circassian ‘Genocide’ Backfires
Russian efforts to discredit Circassian arguments that that nation was subjected to an act of “genocide” by Tsarist forces in 1864 in Sochi, the site... MORE
Moscow’s Effort to Debunk Circassian ‘Genocide’ Backfires
Russian efforts to discredit Circassian arguments that that nation was subjected to an act of “genocide” by Tsarist forces in 1864 in Sochi, the site... MORE
Russian TV Alleges Circassian Activist Is Conspiring Against Russian State
On November 12, Russia’s NTV television channel broadcast a program called “Who Wants to Divide Russia?” which listed people who supposedly want to divide up... MORE