In a jab at Moscow, Georgia on May 20 became the first country to recognize as genocide Tsarist Russia’s massive slaughter of ethnic Circassians in the mid-19th century. The decision constitutes part ...

On 21 May each year, Circassians around the world honor their ancestors who perished in the course of the Russian Empire's war of conquest against them. The 101-year struggle culminated in the mass ...

Lawmakers in Georgia have recognized the mass deportation and killings of ethnic Circassians by Tsarist Russia in the 19th century as genocide. Parliament said on May 20 that ethnic cleansing and ...

TBILISI, May 20 (Reuters) - Georgia's parliament branded the 19th century killings of a Muslim minority by Russia's tsarist forces genocide in a resolution on Friday likely to strain Tbilisi's already ...

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TBILISI -- A group of Georgian deputies says it is ready for parliamentary discussion about the 19th-century massacres of Circassians by Tsarist Russian forces in the North Caucasus, the Caucasian ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian Ambassador to Armenia commented on his country’s recognition of Circassian genocide while refusing to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide.At news conference in Yerevan, ...

Georgia became the first country to recognize 19th century massacre and deportations of Circassians by the Tsarist Russia in the northwest Caucasus as “genocide”. The Georgian Parliament passed on May ...