Beverage Brand ‘General Zass’ Sparks Outrage in Circassian Community
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
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Moscow Faces Increased Difficulties in Countering Circassian National Movement
Moscow Faces Increased Difficulties in Countering Circassian National Movement
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 20 Issue: 83
By: Paul Goble
May 23, 2023
May 21 marks the anniversary of the 1864 expulsion of the Circassians from their North Caucasus homeland after more than a century of resistance to Russian imperial expansion, an action most Circassians and many others consider an act of genocide. It is the most important day on the calendar as far as that nation is concerned and traditionally the moment at which tensions between the Circassians, on the one hand, and the Russian state, on the other, reach a fever pitch (see EDM, August 11, 2020; May 19, 2022; Kavkaz-uzel; Ekhokavkaza.com, May 19; Kavkaz.Realii, May 22). This year, as in the past, the Circassians recalled this tragedy and expressed hope that they will be able not only to gain international recognition of this “genocide” but also overcome the divisions the Russian state has imposed on them. This in turn would open the way for the return of many of the more than five million Circassians living in exile and the restoration of a single Circassian state in the North Caucasus. At the same time, the Russian state has sought to discredit and suppress this movement in every way. And some might be tempted to see this as a clash that will be repeated again and again with little change on either side. Read more
The Duty of Putting the Record Straight
Russian Policies Radicalizing Circassian Young People, Taynalova Says
Monday, February 13, 2023
Russian Policies Radicalizing Circassian Young People, Taynalova Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, Feb. 11 – Moscow’s direct pressure on non-Russians, its imposition of governments in the republics that oppose their own peoples, and its use of non-Russians in its war in Ukraine that remind non-Russians of the Kremlin’s imperialism have come together to radicalize young Circassians in the North Caucasus, Valentina Taynalova says.
And the Moscow Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology expert warns that the situation will get still worse unless the authorities show more willingness to meet Circassian moderates half way so that they will remain dominant and the radicals will not gain strength and become the dominant force. Read more
В Киеве прошел форум оккупированных народов Кавказа
A Forum of the Occupied Peoples of the Caucasus was Held in Kyiv
В Киеве прошел форум оккупированных народов Кавказа
Circassians Appear to Be Returning to Homeland in Larger Numbers than Moscow Admits or Wants
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Circassians Appear to Be Returning to Homeland in Larger Numbers than Moscow Admits or Wants
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 31 – The Republic of Adygeya has seen its population grow by 57,000 people or 13 percent since 2010, according to the preliminary results from the most recent Russian census (sovetskaya-adygeya.ru/2022/05/30/chislennost-zhitelej-adygei-za-10-let-uvelichilas-na-57-tysyach-chelovek/). Read more