Justice For North Caucasus

For the President of the Russian Federation Putin V.V. For the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich!

Dear deputies of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation!

Over the past two decades under conditions of democratic processes development in the Russian Federation, the Russian and international Circassian community has repeatedly raised [...]

Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 68 April 11, 2013 05:13 PM By: Mairbek Vatchagaev Over the past week, Russian government special forces have been conducting a large-scale special operation to root out militants in the Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya and the adjacent Sunzha district of Ingushetia. The fact that even auxiliary police forces have [...]

The Circassian Culture And Human Rights Center (CCAHRC)

In response to the echo of the loyal Forefathers’ exclaims and out of constancy to those who sacrificed their lives to defend the fundamental rights of the Circassian Nation against hard challenges and difficulties, and out of respect for them and for the Circassian Nation that have envisaged but a decent living while enjoying freedom [...]

The Star of the Circassian Question Glitters in the International Arena

By: Adel Bashqawi

The 3rd Workshop / the Jordanian Circassian Political Movement

Awareness, determining the nature of events, facts and the size of calamities and disasters, and dealing with ordeals and adversities embody the ideal humanitarian model which establishes the need and desire to [...]

Walt Richmond

I’m a professor of Russian language and culture at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Although I began my career writing about literature, I’ve been researching the history of the North Caucasus for some time. I teach courses on literature, folklore, history, politics, and pretty much whatever I find interesting at the moment. [...]

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013

Note:  This is my sixth special Window on Eurasia about the meaning and impact of the planned Olympiad on the nations in the surrounding region.  These WOEs, which will appear each Friday over the coming year, will not aim at being comprehensive but rather will consist of a series bullet points about such [...]

Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Cossack cadets practiced using whips in Stavropol, Russia. More Photos »

By ELLEN BARRY Published: March 16, 2013

STAVROPOL, Russia — Outside this city’s police headquarters on a recent night, a priest in a purple velvet hat and gold stole moved from one man to the next, offering a [...]