Circassian Genocide

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Circassian Genocide

Russian police raid home of parents of exiled Circassian activist

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Russian police have interrogated and confiscated the phones of the parents of a Circassian independence activist in Karachay–Cherkessia after raiding their home. On 19 July, Kase Kik who is currently based in the US, stated that the police in Karachay–Cherkessia conducted a search of his parents’ residence, confiscating their phones in a move he called ‘illegal and unauthorised’. Kik said the search was carried out by the FSB and the local Interior Ministry’s Centre for Combating Extremis

Akhmad Ozdo, a member of the Ingush Independence Committee, declaring Ingushetia’s independence from Russia. Screengrab via Youtube.

Chechen and Ingush Deportations

Podcast | Fighting Russia’s colonial legacy in the North Caucasus

by OC Media

•2 min read

Since its conquest by Russia in the 19th century, the North Caucasus has been the scene of genocides, forced deportations, wars for independence, and insurgency. The dozens of nations indigenous to the region continue to be repressed socially and culturally by the Russian Federation. However, Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has once again raised the imperial nature of the Russian state and has shone a light on how this imperialism extends to the North Caucasus, as seve

Circassian Genocide

Podcast | North Caucasians fighting in Ukraine and remembering the Circassian Genocide

by OC Media

•1 min read

Elizaveta Chukahrova, an independent journalist from the North Caucasus, phones in to talk about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the North Caucasus and how Russian authorities attempt to hide the number of dead. Read more: * Coffins from Ukraine in the North Caucasus OC Media editor Yousef Bardouka talks about the commemoration of the Circassian Genocide in Nalchik and the state of Circassian activism in the diaspora. Read more: * Activists commemor

Circassian Genocide

Activists commemorate Circassian Genocide in Nalchik despite event ban

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Hundreds of activists marched and gathered in Kabardino-Balkaria to commemorate the 159th anniversary of the Circassian Genocide and the end of the Caucasian War, despite local authorities refusing them permission to do so. The march was organised by the Coordination Council of Adyghe Public Associations in Kabardino-Balkaria. In an interview with RFE/RL, the Coordination Council’s chair, Aslan Beshto, claimed that his group was denied permission to hold the march on the basis that they had

Circassian Day of Mourning

Turkey’s largest North Caucasian organisation to take anti-Kremlin turn?

by Alexander Thatcher

•4 min read

Turkey’s largest North Caucasian organisation, KAFFED, might be poised for a possible anti-Kremlin shift in light of a change in leadership that promises to shake up the organisation’s role in contemporary Turkey. Hundreds of North Caucasian flags dotted the streets of Istanbul on 21 May, just as they have on every Circassian Day of Mourning for the past two decades. In a sea of thousands of demonstrators commemorating the Circassian Genocide, you could see the green and gold of the Circassi

A demonstration in Turkey on 21 May 2021, marking 156 years since the defeat of Circassia in the Caucasian War. Photo: Çerkes-Fed.

Circassian Genocide

Was the Circassian question another victim of the global pandemic?

by Madina Aliyeva

•8 min read

There was little movement on issues of Circassian rights in 2020, with the pandemic taking centre stage. But as Russian authorities continue to chip away at the rights and dignity of the country’s ethnic minorities, some activists remain hopeful for the future. The main event in Circassian life in 2020, as in the lives of all other people on the planet, was the COVID-19 pandemic, asserts Anzdor Kabard, a prominent Circassian activist who lives in the United States. ‘The main event in Circass

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Aleksey Yerkhov. Image via Belrynokby.

1763–1864 Russo–Circassian War

Russian ambassador to Turkey provokes anger over Circassian conquest comments

by OC Media

•4 min read

Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has caused outrage among Circassian groups after suggesting that the late 19th-century conquest of historic Circassia and subsequent genocide was a ‘beautiful legend’ which was, in reality, a defensive act on the part of the Russian Empire. Ambassador Aleksey Yerkhov was speaking in an interview with Russian state-owned news site Sputnik on 13 February about the prospects for Russian-Turkish relations. He said that the understanding of the 1763–1864 Russo–Circa