Sudden Russian Conferences On Circassia
Throughout imperial history, occupying and colonizing countries that
assume domination and practice of absolute rule and authority in order to
change the reality, features and landmarks in all walks of life of the
colonized nations aim to the farthest extent possible, from the outset to the
exclusion of the indigenous people to bear the responsibility for governing
themselves by themselves, unless the subjugated nation opposes such
authoritarian policy, which tend to force and compel the greedy and covetous
State to comply with ambitions to the demands of freedom to choose own destiny
that necessarily would lead to independence.
Circassia among others in the North Caucasus and elsewhere
being one of those above-mentioned victims that were not constituency concluded
beside the presence of a group of Circassians proudly adherent to their
Circassian identity and belonging with what their conscience and national duty
dictate to them in recent years Russia did not only forget about Circassia, but
also had been the main conspirator and dominator in that prospect to eliminate
its population by butchering half and deporting and/or displacing the rest with
no second thought, mercy, human concern or fairness towards a nation that used
to believe and still in freedom and the right to live in own homeland with no
foreign intervention. {Russian President Boris Yeltsin stated in May 1994 that
resistance to the tsarist forces was legitimate; however, he did not recognize
"the guilt of tsarist government for the genocide” Goble 2005}.
The Russian State, starting with the Muscovites more than 450
years ago, when later affirmed calling itself Russia through Tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union
(dominated entirely by Russia and Russians), and reaching to what presently
so-called Russian Federation, which doesn’t have of federation between dominant
Russia and tens of victimized nations, slave-oriented entities and centrally
–controlled satellites except the title, in which imperial policies constituted
of using mercenaries to carry out their wicked policies such as the Cossacks who "were known
for their brutality” and they are of "Turkic/Mongolian origin of their name,
the Cossacks may have originated in Central Asia, and migrated into the Slavic
lands as nomads, perhaps on the heels of the Mongol invasion”, and were brought
by the Russian invaders to carry out the brutal policy that Russian Tsars
had planned to implement!
All through this limited history since its establishment, in comparison with other pure and deep-rooted
European nations, terrible evil crimes and hostilities were performed and
committed with the State’s premeditation against tens and even hundreds of
nations in which Circassia and its people were and still among those prey
victims. "The history of
Russia has been a series of expansions to the west, the south, and the east,
towards the open sea. Each territory occupied was, sooner or later, absorbed
into the Empire of which it became in every way an integral part.”
After occupying Circassia in the Nineteenth Century, it was divided and
sub-divided many times, in addition to changing the demography, population
composition, and names of locations as much as possible without paying
attention to seven million oppressed Circassians who are anxious to restore
their confiscated rights, and to return to their beloved homeland to live
freely in peace like other nations of the world. Not to underestimate the
importance of the ways malware used in the control of Circassia, and monuments
erected in the memory of the crimes committed by Russian military commanders
and generals, so that it is possible to say that they built a monument between
each monument and another, for criminal generals
and leaders such as Yermolov, Yevdokimov and
Zass who used to send mercenaries to collect Circassians’ heads to boil them
then to send them to Berlin as described for experimental practices.
{Russian President Boris Yeltsin stated in May 1994 that resistance to the tsarist forces was legitimate; however, he did not
recognize "the guilt of the tsarist government for the genocide."Goble 2005.}; but seemingly,
his successor President Putin, who assumes the position of Prime Minster at
present time, had introduced the idea of celebrating a fake and unreal event
that so-called "450
years of voluntary association with Russia”, which doesn’t make logic when a president
declares that the defense against the tsarist forces was legitimate, while few
years later his successor even totally precludes that a war which lasted for
101 years had taken place! In a
paragraph in the title of "A Day To Remember”, it stated: "The Adyghe/Circassians consider 21 May each year a sorrow day to
remember the fall of Circassia ,the Tsars genocide against their ancestors in
addition the Tsars deportation of the majority of the Circassiansnation to the middle Eastern countries , and
to honor and appreciate the Circassians immortals (heroes and Abreks) who fought and sacrificed their selves to
keep Circassia independent in the battles of the war with the
Russian Empire’s troops and their mercenaries during the Circassians resistance.
We
have been accustomed to receive from Russia on what is different from the actions of sensible parties. The Russian
policy tends to ride any wave of any kind in order to be able to change at the end of the day the direction and the trend of events to suitable policy and direction, and thus control the course of events to acquire decision-making authority. An example of such an
opportunist move is taking over the control of the International
Circassian association (ICA), that was founded by patriot Circassians the time the Soviet
Union had started to fracture, which resulted in decisions, recommendations and conclusions in the interest of addressing the repercussions of the results of the problems of the Circassian nation both at homeland in the North Caucasus and in Diaspora. The resultant of their move had led to
installing individuals who were either current or ex-members of FSB/KGB
establishment in the administration of ICA, who steered the whole operation to
be moved and centered in Nalchik, KBR in order to be under the direct control
of the Russian authorities through the adopted relevant and specialized
security and intelligence branches, which eventually implemented a policy of
accepting Russian trusteeship by ICA and all its associates and members of all
Circassian communities’ associations in Diaspora.
Similar Russian behavior with questionable credibility and ambitions had started since the recent organized academic
and professional conferences and studies have erupted throughout Diaspora and
beyond, after tens of years of mazes,
deception and blurring the facts of various Circassian issues. All Russian reactions
were in the form of going in parallel with the currents of the need to discuss
the Circassian Question, but at certain stage they tend to run away from the
core of the subject and/or end the whole issue with unmet promises that are
empty of contents. After the first Tbilisi Conference of March, 2010, which was
held under the title: "hidden
nations, enduring crimes: the north Caucasus between past and future”, Russian concern started
to discredit Georgian policies and intentions that are in the interests of the
Circassians through the pursuit of patriot and activist Circassians. The Russian
appointed Chairman of ICA had sent a message to the party that had organized and held the
mentioned first Tbilisi Conference blaming the conference for not inviting him
and that he would like to attend such conferences!
1. Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by
international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts,
relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural,
political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as
other peoples across borders.
2. States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, shall
take effective measures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the
implementation of this right.
In a shift to accommodate and/or dissipate the subject matters, an unusual step was taken to break the deadlock in the Circassian
and even the Caucasus course, by a Russian initiative when started
to hold conferences and events to minimize the
importance and seriousness of professional conferences, and to create jamming on
truthful information in order to be prevented from reaching to whom it may be
concerned. An invitation had been extended from the Russian authorities
through the Russian Federation’s State Duma to Circassians who are associated
with ICA for meeting/conference in the Duma in Moscow in 16, May, 2011
seemingly in anticipation for a Russian expected news about an important
development in the Circassian Genocide recognition case and other Circassian
issues such as opposing the 2014 Sochi Winter
Olympic Games on the Circassian Graveyards, of those who perished while
defending their own homeland with simple personal weapons. The CIRCASSIAN
JOURNAL published an article about this latest Russian move in the title of "Warning on May, 16 Duma Meeting”, and stated "The Russian
government will be holding a meeting among Circassians
(http://cherkessia.net/news_detail.php?id=4569)
in reaction to the recent possibilities of recognition by Georgia in the
upcoming 16 May. Surely, they are quite worried about the reaction to come if
recognition is done. Circassian organizations all over the world have shown
support to Georgia’s
help since they have submitted requests for recognition. The meeting was not
announced but insider information regarding the backroom meeting leaked out." It seems that misfortune never come singly…! In that regard, it is
worth remembering that Circassians had sent many letters and messages for
recognizing the Circassian Genocide, to the Russian State Duma, the Russian Government and the office of the
President of Russian Federations, but all had not responded in a proper way.
So
why is the rush by Russians right now?
Do
they expect legal problems that they will not be able to solve the way they
managed to?
Are
they presently remembering 21, May, 1864, more than ever before?
Justice for North Caucasus Group and Associate Sister
Associations/Institutions
14, May, 2011.
