Message from the Pontian Greeks of Russia`s Caucasus: The pandemic did not defeat Prometheus
(WorldNews Greece)

As the Greeks of the Caucasus, whose association is known as “the children of Prometheus”, face the COVID-19 pandemic, they send a message of strength to Greece. As Prometheus set fire to people according to mythology, in the same way the Greek association of the Caucasus, named after the mythical hero, tries to keep the “flame” of Greek-Russian relations burning despite the difficulties that prevail due to pandemic. More than 3,000 Greeks live in the region of North Ossetia, whose ancestors found refuge there during the Greek Genocide in Pontus, particularly between 1916 and 1922. North Ossetia’s location in Russia, while South Ossetia has a de facto...