The complaint of the chairman of the "Circassian Congress" about the warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activity was rejected

On February 2, 2012, the Maykop City Court dismissed the complaint of the chairman Council of the Adyghe Republican Movement "Circassian Congress" Murat Berzegov to a warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activity issued to the organization in September 2011 by the Office of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea. Recall that the reason for issuing the warning was the published Berzegov on the website of the "Circassian Congress" a letter of thanks, in which he thanked the Parliament of Georgia for recognizing "the fact of the Genocide Circassians (Circassians), carried out by the Russian state during Russian-Circassian war of 1763-1864." The Ministry of Justice considered that "such statements contrast the Russian and Circassian peoples, therefore, incite national strife" and reproached the organization for falsification historical facts on the grounds that "historiography uses the term "Russian-Caucasian war", the term "Russian-Circassian war" is not is used" .

We also recall that, from our point of view, the choice of one terminology or another to refer to historical events cannot be regarded as extremist activity.

Sources

• The Maykop court rejected the complaint of the head of the "Circassian Congress" of Adygea Murat Berzegov // Nat.Press.ru. 2012. February 8.