Adyghe Republic Cancels Cheese Festival Over Security Concerns
The Adyghe Republic has canceled the Adyghe cheese festival — the republic's main tourist event. The organizing committee decided not to hold the festival in 2026.
Consensus
- The Adyghe cheese festival for 2025 was canceled due to security concerns.
- The decision was made by the organizing committee and approved by the republic's government.
- The festival has been held annually since 2010.
- In 2025, the festival attracted approximately 70,000 visitors, a record number.
- The project is not being canceled, and the festival is expected to continue in the future.
- The festival will be relocated to the new ethnopark ‘Deguakskaya Polyana’ once completed.
- The festival traditionally took place in September in mountainous areas of Adygea, including Maykop and Dakhovskaya Polyana.
- The festival included cheese-making masterclasses, concerts, cheese shops, and farmer markets.
- The organizing bodies are the Ministry of Agriculture and the Committee for Tourism and Resorts of Adygea.
Points of divergence
- The festival was canceled in 2026, and the event was planned to be expanded to two venues to accommodate more guests. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The Outline music and art festival in Moscow Oblast was canceled in July 2026 due to drone threats, and similar cancellations occurred in Nizhnekamsk and Veliky Novgorod after Ukrainian drone attacks. — vedomosti
- The project for the ethnopark 'Deguakskaya Polyanna' is estimated at 40 billion rubles and includes 3,400 hotel rooms and about 360,000 square meters of construction. — kommerstant
Coverage (5 sources)
- In Adygea, the Adygea cheese festival was canceled — the republic's main tourist event — Говорит НеМосква
- In Adygea, cheese festival canceled due to security considerations — Ведомости
- In Adygea, the annual cheese festival will be cancelled — Вести
- In Adygea, the annual cheese festival was canceled for security reasons — Коммерсантъ
- In Adygea, the Adygea cheese festival was canceled for security reasons — Интерфакс