Putin's Challenge: The Circassians and the Winter Olympics April 8, 2013

The article we talked about discusses the controversial leadership of Russia's President Fladimir Putin.
He announced that the Olympic winter-games 2014 are going to be held in Russia. More in detail they are going to be held in Sochi which is a Resort city on the Black Sea but also a burial place for over 1.5 million Circassians. The story of the Circassians is a long one and this cultural has been extinguished by the Russian's in the late 18th century. This act is now known as a modern day genocide.
Who were the Circassians?
Circassians have been around ever since we created empires and they once membered a quarter million of people. This tribe was a world known society and made themselves a name as the world best warriors. They have been recognized as ancient heritage by the Greeks and ironically competed against them in the original olympic games. The stories of ancient gods and mythology has been written around them and resemble those of the Greeks. The different tribes of the Circassians are known for their hostility, respect for elders and liberty. Those excellent warriors had a strong mindset and right values to fight and win against most of the early empires. For example the fought against the Huns and Mongols and made themselves a name. They were very proud of their Muslim history and were the elite of the warrior cast. In the 13th century they played important roles in Egypt and even had a key role in developing architectural and cultural development.
In the 18th century Russia wanted to gain complete control over the Circassians but had to fight with the resistance from the great warriors. But over many decades Russia killed about 1.5 million of their kind and deported another 1 million. On their travel into new countries many died on sinking ships, committed suicide or died because of hard labor. Some of the circassians are still alive but don't admit they are part of them in fear of being killed. Till this moment circassians are still deprived from traveling free in Russia and are only permitted to be in three different cities of Russia.
The 150 anniversary will be during the winter-games and the least things that Putin can do is honor and apologize to the genocide. Now is the time to make a change in world leading authorities and become more human and respect everyones right in process to move on from such a brutal historic scenario.