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Ingush rights group loses bid to be removed from ‘foreign agent list’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has rejected an appeal by Ingush human rights group Mashr to be removed from a government list of ‘foreign agents’, Caucasian Knot reports. Mashr was added to the list in December 2015, after the group’s offices and the house of it’s director, Magomed Mutsolgov, were searched, Caucasian Knot writes. This was justified at the time as a ‘fight against dissent’. Other human rights groups in Ingushetia say the decision against Mashr is politically mot

Adygea

Unambitious state-backed Circassian groups hide a growing nationalism in young Circassians

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

Officially sanctioned organisations in what was once historical Circassia work almost exclusively to promote Circassian language and culture. Beneath the surface, however, young people espouse more radical ambitions — recognition of the Circassian Genocide, and creation of a united Circassia. In the village of Kbaada (now the ski-resort of Krasnaya Polyana), 153 years ago, a parade was held by Russian troops marking the end of the Russian Empire’s conquest of the Caucasus. The vast major

Abkhazia

Challenges faced by NGOs in Abkhazia [Analysis]

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have a short but interesting history in Abkhazia. Over the past two decades, they have established themselves as a significant part of Abkhazian society. This is perhaps due, in large part, to the charitable works that they led in the difficult post-war years. A problem stemming from Abkhazia’s unrecognised status — that many external contacts were blocked at an official level — has strengthened their position. Representatives of Abkhazia’s NGOs hav