Between 300-500 Balkars congregated in Nalchik yesterday to mark the
anniversary of the deportation to Central Asia on Stalin's orders in
1944 of the entire Balkar nation -- some 38,000 people.
Even though State Duma Deputy Mikhail Zalikhanov, the most influential Balkar lobbyist, sent a telegram
asking meeting participants not to raise "political" issues, they
unanimously called on the unofficial Council of Elders of the Balkar
People (SSBN) to initiate the process of "self-determination" of the
Balkar people. They did not spell out what they mean by that term --
presumably the division of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR) into
two separate entities.
That demand will inevitably exacerbate
antagonism between the Kabardians and the minority Balkars. (The
Balkars -- a Turkic-speaking people whose ethnogenesis remains unclear
-- currently constitute approximately 10 percent of the total 786,200
population ...
KBR President Condemns 'Genocide' Of Balkars - Caucasus Report, RFE/RL
March 7, RFE/RL -- In his annual
address pegged to the anniversary on March 8 of the deportation of the
entire Balkar people to Central Asia in 1944 on Stalin's orders,
Kabardino-Balkaria Republic President Arsen Kanokov -- a Kabardian -- referred to that deportation as "genocide" of the "fraternal Balkar people."
The
use of the term genocide is noteworthy for two reasons. It is far
stronger than anything Kanokov has said in the past. Last year, for
example, he described the deportation as "a monstrous crime."
And no other incumbent head of a North Caucasus republic whose
population was similarly ...
Occupation sources in Kabardino-Balkaria: we have liquidated the secondary of Anzor Astemir
The so-called "security forces of Kabardino-Balkaria” claims the death of Valery Atizov, the secondary of Anzor Astemir (aka; Saifullah, who is appointed as Amir of the common Vilayet of Kabardey Malkar and Karachays, and Qadi (Judge) of the Caucasian Emirate.)
Atizov (28) accused of numerous attacks and in the background of 2005 Nalchik events arrest warrant was issued against him.
As "officials” report, on 8th of this month, in a special operation and after receiving information about the location of Atizov nearby a café in the city of Nalchik, police officers tried to arrest him, but he opened fire, injuring two cops and a passerby who had been caught in the fire, in response the security forces had killed him.
The police claim that they found with Atizov an Austrian pistol, hand grenade and a fake police passport.
Between 300-500 Balkars congregated in Nalchik yesterday to mark the anniversary of the deportation to Central Asia on Stalin's orders in 1944 of the entire Balkar nation -- some 38,000 people.
Even though State Duma Deputy Mikhail Zalikhanov, the most influential Balkar lobbyist, sent a telegram asking meeting participants not to raise "political" issues, they unanimously called on the unofficial Council of Elders of the Balkar People (SSBN) to initiate the process of "self-determination" of the Balkar people. They did not spell out what they mean by that term -- presumably the division of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR) into two separate entities.
That demand will inevitably exacerbate antagonism between the Kabardians and the minority Balkars. (The Balkars -- a Turkic-speaking people whose ethnogenesis remains unclear -- currently constitute approximately 10 percent of the total 786,200 population of the KBR; Kabardians account for 50 percent and Russians some 32 ...
In his annual address pegged to the anniversary on March 8 of the deportation of the entire Balkar people to Central Asia in 1944 on Stalin's orders, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic President Arsen Kanokov -- a Kabardian -- referred to that deportation as "genocide" of the "fraternal Balkar people."
The use of the term genocide is noteworthy for two reasons. It is far stronger than anything Kanokov has said in the past. Last year, for example, he described the deportation as "a monstrous crime." And no other incumbent head of a North Caucasus republic whose population was similarly deported en masse by Stalin has used that term.
Why Kanokov should have been so outspoken this year can only be guessed at. Relations between the Kabardian/Circassian majority and the Balkar minority have been strained for years, and Kanokov himself has shown little understanding of, or sympathy for the Balkars' grievances. ...
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