Moscow Heightens Pressure on Circassian Activists on Their Remembrance Day (Valery Dzutsati, The Jamestown Foundation)

In 1990, Circassian activists designated May 21 as the Day of Mourning and Remembrance to commemorate the final destruction of their nation in 1864 by the Russian Empire. Since then, Circassians in the North Caucasus and outside Russia have marked the Day of Mourning with processions and cultural events; the Russian Federation’s authorities have largely ignored these commemorations. This year, however, the Russians started pressuring Circassians in regard to the May 21 anniversary, with a level of intensity and effort unlike previous years

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