International Women’s Day
Balkar community representatives criticise concert on Memorial Day
Community representatives and social media users in Kabardino-Balkaria criticized an International Women’s concert held in the Republic on 8 March, as the day is also the Memorial Day for the victims of the Stalinist deportation of the Balkars. The discussion arose on 29 February after Marziyat Baysiyeva, a local journalist, wrote on Facebook, ‘Why are there no clear decrees on the inadmissibility of entertainment events on 8 March in [Kabardino–Balkaria]?’ Baysiyeva was referencing a poste
