Circassians
When NATO paused its bombs for Kosovo’s Circassians to return home
For Kosovo Circassians, returning to Adygea was meant to be a homecoming — yet for many, coming back after 150 years brought new challenges.
For Kosovo Circassians, returning to Adygea was meant to be a homecoming — yet for many, coming back after 150 years brought new challenges.

The Council of United Circassia is considered to be a terrorist organisation by Russia.

They submitted appeals to the Supreme Court, claiming that their detention was unfounded.

Those arrested were charged with taking part in an unauthorised demonstration.

Circassians in the Caucasus and the diaspora commemorated their genocide at the hands of the Russian Empire on 21 May.

OC Media’s Yousef Bardouka and Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko discuss Ukraine’s recognition of the Circassian Genocide.

Ukraine is the second country to recognise the Circassian Genocide after Georgia.