Adygea: prosecutor's office warns activist of "Circassian Congress" on inadmissibility of extremist statements

On November 29, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Adygea passed a warning to Zaur Dzeukozhev, an activist of the Adyg public movement "Circassian Congress", about inadmissibility of extremist activities. The Office found Dzeukozhev's alleged extremist expressions while monitoring local media and Internet resources.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Sergey Mitusov, Senior Prosecutor's Assistant, that "the warning in this case is not a punishment. In case there is no reaction to the warning, then a person may be attracted to criminal, administrative or civil liability in accordance with the law."

Mr Mitusov has noted that the Prosecutor's Office had qualified some Dzeukozhev's utterances, revealed on one of the websites, as extremist. "The general idea was in superiority of Circassians, as a nation over other people. There's no need to quote him in the press in order not to advertise these ideas," he said.

Zaur Dzeukozhev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the "Circassian Congress" does not agree with the warning and conclusions of the prosecutor's office. "At the moment we are discussing our next steps and believe that the warning is not in line with the international law and the Constitution of the Russian Federation", said the "Circassian Congress" activist.