Kabarda–Balkaria
Two detained participants of the Nalchik march fail to overturn court decisions
They submitted appeals to the Supreme Court, claiming that their detention was unfounded.
Circassian Genocide
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Kabarda–Balkaria
Arrests in Nalchik and Maykop follow Circassian Genocide march
Those arrested were charged with taking part in an unauthorised demonstration.
Circassian Genocide
Circassians from North Caucasus to Syria mark anniversary of Circassian Genocide
Circassians in the Caucasus and the diaspora commemorated their genocide at the hands of the Russian Empire on 21 May.
The Caucasus Digest
Podcast | Ukraine’s recognition of the Circassian Genocide
OC Media’s Yousef Bardouka and Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko discuss Ukraine’s recognition of the Circassian Genocide.
Circassian Genocide
Ukraine recognises Circassian Genocide
Ukraine is the second country to recognise the Circassian Genocide after Georgia.
Circassian Genocide
Russian police raid home of parents of exiled Circassian activist
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
Chechen and Ingush Deportations
Podcast | Fighting Russia’s colonial legacy in the North Caucasus
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
