Friday, July 25, 2014
Window on Eurasia: Moscow Works to Transform Circassians ‘from a Problem to an Asset
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 25 – Angered by the success Circassians had at the time of the Sochi Olympics in focusing international attention on the Russian genocide of their ancestors in 1864 and by the insistence of Circassians that their co-ethnics in war-torn Syria should be allowed to return to the North Caucasus, Moscow has adopted a two-pronged strategy.
