Sochi's indigenous on the sidelines

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On The Stream: Sochi, Russia: Home of the Winter Olympics. And a mass killing.
Jordanian Muslim Circassian people hold placards during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Amman, Jordan, 21 May 2012. (EPA/JAMAL NASRALLAH)

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[NWGURL]

Please make your uploads viewable in the US.

[lucinapshegubj]

I'm so glad people know who Circassians are now!

[dbricksawc]

let's host the Olympics in Switzerland..every four years..even summer Olympics..


because they are clean wars...

[DNesij]

The Armenian participant is a total ignoramus if not a liar.
Cherkess name: Kess indeed means Cut in Turkish (Kes).
Cher is nothing close to head.
Here are the words in Turkish that means head: Kafa, Kelle, Bash.
 Dont take my word for it: google Turkish-English Dictionary and type head.
It will only take 1-2 minutes.

[neuralvibes]

Dear Al Jazeera, a little history lesson for you: "Indigenous" doesn't start with the medieval Muslim invasions, when these people settled there. These Turkic Muslims are *not* the indigenous population of that area!

Why don't you talk about *real* indigenous peoples and *real* genocides like what happened in the US against the native Americans? Would you call for a boycott of the Olympic Games when held in the US? Of course not! Hypocrites...

Also, I like how Al Jazeera pits just one Russian guest against everyone else: all other guests and the hosts. This show was all set up for some good old Russia bashing...

[VTBbank]

How on earth can foreighner people from Syria, Turkey and Arabia claiming to be natives of Sochi, Russia, becouse something happened moore than 150 years ago ?

How in the name of common sense can Turks, Syrians and Arabians claim Sochi, Russia as their own home ? Those people claiming to be natives of Sochi, Russia are complete strangers and foreighners to Russia. They don`t even speak Russian language and they don`t even have Russian passport and citizenship. They have been born in Turkey by Turkish parents, Syria by Syrian parents, Arabia by Arabian parents....with moore than 150 years since this people left... genetics totaly changed those generations after. 

Those people are not natives of Sochi, Russia. They are complete strangers and foreighners. And they can`t live in Russia. They must live in countries, where they have been born. Those countries (Turkey, Syria, Arabia) are their native countries.