Member of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Public Forum on International Affairs, member of the party "United Rossia" Sergey Markov apologized for his words said in an interview with the Georgian television station PIC when he called that part of the Circassians who participated in Georgian conferences and in the session of the Parliament of Georgia that recognized the genocide of the Circassian people "slags and traitors of their people".
Head of Public Movement "Adyghe Khase - Circassian Parliament" of the Republic of Adygeya Aramby Khapay compared the statement of Markov with words of the Russian Emperor Alexander II spoken in 1861 during his visit to Maykop: "we need Circassia but we do not need Circassians themselves at all."
Khapay believes that opinions and positions of Markov on Circassian people are at variance with his position in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.