In connection with a Moscow attack the minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria Zaur Tutov and the children's ensemble of dance "Adygs" Circassian congress of Israel sent the president Arsen Kanokov a letter with expression of indignation in occasion of the accident. Caucasus Times correspondent was informed about that by the secretary of the executive committee of the organization Adnan Orkiz by phone. The letter was enclosed with the statement of the organization in which they stated their position in relation to the national problem of Circassians and the peoples of Northern Caucasus from the historical and the modern points of view.
“The accident hurt our hearts indeed and caused broad indignation,” – it was spoken in the letter. The skinheads’ behaviour was characterized in the letter as fascist and barbarous. They also expressed their solidarity to the president Kanokov; minister Tutov and the collective of the ensemble "Adygs" were assured in their support.
"Circassian congress of Israel considers, - it was written in the statement, - that the crime committed by skinheads was nothing but a consequence of the policies of the Russian government against the peoples of Northern Caucasus. It was a result of their definition as persons of ‘Caucasian nationality’, some alien and inappropriate people or simply savages.
Such policy had been conducted since the end of the XVIII century - during and after the Russian-Caucasian war in the justification of the barbarous and severe annexation of Northern Caucasus, in particular, Circassia and the further violent deportation of the indigenous population. This policy is not compatible to any norms of etiquette, norms of the interethnic attitudes, or human norms. That was not left for history, but still proceeds nowadays. Russia has not recognized the genocide against the peoples of Northern Caucasus so far, has not given an opportunity to return on the historical Native land, on the primordial territories.
Circassian congress of Israel focuses special attention on that only changing of the policy of Russia concerning such people as North Caucasian ones can stop skinheads’ birth as well as other similar formations that bring the interethnic discord. Skinheads are much greater threat for Russia, than even for the peoples of Northern Caucasus.
Proceeding from it, Circassian Congress of Israel calls Russian leadership to apply against skinheads the punishment corresponding all the severity of the law, and to take all necessary measures for liquidation of the movements of skinheads and similar groups.
For strengthening peace and creation of real conditions of the peaceful co-existence of various peoples, for stabilization of the situation in Russian Federation Circassian congress of Israel considers necessary recognition of that Northern Caucasus belongs to the peoples of Northern Caucasus. Circassian congress of Israel calls also to recognize the genocide against the peoples of Northern Caucasus, violent evictions from the primordial lands of the peoples of Northern Caucasus, the right to returning and getting Russian citizenship for descendants of the peoples of Northern Caucasus violently deported and spread worldwide".
Caucasus Times