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Circassian returnees evicted from Russia

Last month, Liz Fuller reported that federal authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have started evicting Circassian returnees from Turkey who don't possess Russian citizenship. The immediate cause seems to be Russia's present conflict with Turkey, but the measure is consistent with Russia's resistance towards the return of descendants of those Circassians it …

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