Friday, June 22, 2018
Circassians Denounce Kremlin’s Language Bill as ‘Purely Imperial Policy’
Paul Goble
Staunton, June 22 – The Duma’s passage on first reading of the Kremlin’s language bill that would make the study of all languages in Russia except Russian purely voluntary by a vote of 373 to 3 with one abstention has sparked outrage in the non-Russian republics generally and the Circassian ones in particular as an appalling case of the center’s “purely imperial policy.” Read more
