FSB Tells Circassian Repatriant He’ll Be Sent to Fight and Die in Ukraine Unless He Stops Searching for His Son who Already had Been and was Killed There, ‘Kavkaz-Uzel’ Reports

FSB Tells Circassian Repatriant He’ll Be Sent to Fight and Die in Ukraine Unless He Stops Searching for His Son who Already had Been and was Killed There, ‘Kavkaz-Uzel’ Reports

Sunday, August 9, 2026

FSB Tells Circassian Repatriant He’ll Be Sent to Fight and Die in Ukraine Unless He Stops Searching for His Son who Already had Been and was Killed There, ‘Kavkaz-Uzel’ Reports

Paul Goble


A Symbolic Image Representing the Detention of Individuals by Security Agencies in Russia (AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot)

            Staunton, Aug. 7 – Kalid Qaraf, a Circassian repatriant from Syria who now lives in Kabardino-Balkaria, says he was called by the FSB and told he would be sent to fight in Ukraine unless he stopped searching for his son who had been and was killed there and talking about the travails of the Circassians inside Russia, according to Kavkaz-Uzel. Read more

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Framing Colonial Russia’s Political Trajectory

Framing Colonial Russia’s Political Trajectory

Framing Colonial Russia’s Political Trajectory

Adel Bashqawi

June 20, 2025


Territorial Expansion of Russia, full file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Territorial_Expansion_of_Russia.svg

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Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees / Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees / Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees

Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Adel Bashqawi

June 7, 2025


Image: AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot / A depiction of the forced deportation of Circassians, created through AI to visually reinforce historical accuracy

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 28, 2025      

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 28, 2025      

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On the Termination of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities / О прекращении действия Рамочной конвенции о защите национальных меньшинств

On the Termination of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities / О прекращении действия Рамочной конвенции о защите национальных меньшинств

Official Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
(On the Termination of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities)

Официальное сообщение Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации
(О прекращении действия Рамочной конвенции о защите национальных меньшинств)

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Evil Russian Imperialism Haunting Diaspora Circassians [Updated]

Evil Russian Imperialism Haunting Diaspora Circassians [Updated]

Evil Russian Imperialism Haunting Diaspora Circassians

Updated and republished by: Adel Bashqawi, July 29, 2024

Published by: Eagle, March 6, 2010


Euromaidan

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Decolonizing Russia: A Closer Look (Part 2)

Decolonizing Russia: A Closer Look (Part 2)

Decolonizing Russia: A Closer Look (Part 2)

Adel Bashqawi

July 08, 2024

Sydney Starkey / Tower

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