A ‘New’ Russian Approach to Circassian Repatriation?
Several days ago (September 22), the Russian Ministry of Interior’s regional office in Kabardino-Balkaria—one of the North Caucasus republics to which Circassians in the Middle... MORE
Circassians Mark Two Important Anniversaries and Look to Future with Confidence
May 21 is the most unhappy day of the year for the more than half a million Circassians still living in their ancestral homeland and... MORE
Circassians Remember the Past But Mobilize for the Future
This year as every year for more than a century, the nearly 500,000 Circassians in their North Caucasus homeland and the more than five million... MORE
Moscow, Circassians Now on Collision Course
The Circassian national movement in the North Caucasus as well as in the diaspora is on the rise. In part, this trend is powered by... MORE
Moscow’s Efforts to Erase Circassian History Are Backfiring
Like the tsarist authorities who expelled the Circassians from the North Caucasus in 1864, an action many refer to as an “act of genocide,” and... MORE
In Syria, Moscow Orchestrating Another ‘Circassian Genocide’
The Russian government killed or expelled nearly the entire Circassian nation from the North Caucasus in 1864, after this group resisted the Russian Empire’s advance... MORE
New Monuments of Russian Heroes of Russian-Circassian War Anger Circassians
In October, authorities in the city of Krasnodar inaugurated a monument commemorating Cossack ataman and Lieutenant General Grigory Rashpil. The monument was erected to mark... MORE
Russian Security Services Said Behind Electronic Circassian ‘Census’
In the past, Moscow has used population censuses to promote divisions within the Circassian nation. As part of its divide-and-conquer effort in the North Caucasus... MORE
Governor of Kabardino-Balkaria Calls for Unified Alphabet for All Circassians
At a recent conference of the International Circassian Association (ICA), the governor of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yuri Kokov, proposed to create a unified writing script for all... MORE
Circassians in Predominantly Ethnic-Russian Krasnodar Demand Recognition as Region’s Indigenous Population
Ramazan Khun, a Circassian activist from Russia’s Krasnodar region, posted an unusual online petition on the website Change.org. The petition calls on the Russian government,... MORE