Circassian Language
Indigenous languages protest banned by Nalchik city authorities
The authorities in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, prohibited a protest against amendments to the federal law On Education which were planned across 12 Russian subjects on 17 July. Activists in Nalchik instead held a number of single person protests against the controversial law two days later. The protest organisers — leaders of several local civil society groups — announced the demonstration on social media, but the city administration refused to grant permission for the as