Despite repeated exhortations from President Vladimir Putin over his more than 20 years in power, efforts to revive production of commercial jets after the Soviet collapse never really took off. With Western sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's civil aviation industry could be grounded.
Under the auspices of the Caucasian Federation in Turkey (Kaffed), that country’s Circassian Association and its most important branches in Ankara and Istanbul are planning to open an office that will provide support for Circassians who want to return to their ancestral homeland in the Northwest Caucasus. This new push for Circassian repatriation is welcomed by many of the more …