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Tuesday, 17 January 2006
CHERKESS ORGANIZATIONS ACCUSE ADYGEYA\'S SLAVS OF SOWING ETHNIC HATRED
By empty (1/17/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Four public organizations representing the Cherkess community of the Republic of Adygeya have lodged a formal complaint with the republican prosecutor\'s office against what they consider \"chauvinistic and xenophobic\" statements made at a congress last month of the Union of Slavs of Adygeya, kavkazweb.net reported on 17 January, citing the \"Caucasus Times.\" At that congress, the Slavs, who account for some 70 percent of the republic\'s total population of 445,000, pledged to renew their campaign to have Adygeya merged into the surrounding Krasnodar Krai and to arm themselves to defend their interests.
Four public organizations representing the Cherkess community of the Republic of Adygeya have lodged a formal complaint with the republican prosecutor\'s office against what they consider \"chauvinistic and xenophobic\" statements made at a congress last month of the Union of Slavs of Adygeya, kavkazweb.net reported on 17 January, citing the \"Caucasus Times.\" At that congress, the Slavs, who account for some 70 percent of the republic\'s total population of 445,000, pledged to renew their campaign to have Adygeya merged into the surrounding Krasnodar Krai and to arm themselves to defend their interests. (RFE/RL)