WASHINGTON – The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation on April 8 declared The Jamestown Foundation an “undesirable” organization, ostensibly in response to a series of articles published by Jamestown regarding nationalities trends in the Northwest Caucasus.
The Russian authorities claim that Jamestown’s reporting and analysis “pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional system and security of the Russian Federation” by allegedly “inciting ethnic separatism in the national republics of the Russian Federation and promoting the separation of certain territories of our country.” The Prosecutor General’s Office statement particularly singles out Jamestown’s coverage of the Circassians.