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The International Circassian Political Committee (ICPC) has sent an official letter of condolence to Ukrainian diplomatic missions following the recent terrorist attack carried out by Russian invading forces against civilians in Ukraine.

An article published on delfi.lt by Mr. Žygimantas Pavilionis, Member of the Seimas, Deputy Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, and one of the coordinators of the Circassian Genocide Conference held at the Seimas on 17 December 2025.

The public statements of Mikhail Khodorkovsky raise an uncomfortable but necessary question: are we truly witnessing a rejection of imperial thinking, or merely an adapted version designed for a Western audience?

Jack Gill argues that the Russian Empire's near-total destruction of the Circassian people remains one of history's most overlooked atrocities — and that the Kremlin's new identity strategy poses fresh risks for Russia's ethnic minorities.

A newly discussed literary analysis has drawn attention to what may be one of the earliest fictional portrayals of a Circassian character in Western literature: King Sacripante of Circassia, a central figure in the Renaissance epics Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso.

A large-scale petition campaign has been launched by Circassian and North Caucasian diaspora organisations in Turkey, directed at Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Head Kazbek Kokov and relevant Russian federal institutions, protesting what signatories describe as a systematic campaign of intimidation against residents of the republic ahead of the annual May 21 Day of Remembrance.

A new policy commentary published by the Institute for Knowledge, Research, and Society (IKRS) calls on European think tanks and policymakers to fundamentally rethink how they approach the North Caucasus — and places the Circassian genocide at the heart of that challenge.

Russia’s Southern Military District Court sentenced Ibragin Nagoyev, an Adygey activist, to 11 years in prison after forcing him to confess to invented charges that he had been working with the émigré group, the Council of United Circassia, that Moscow has identified as a terrorist organization.

The International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) has released a new analytical report in May 2026 titled “Agents of Decolonisation”, offering a detailed examination of how contemporary decolonisation narratives are reshaping global political dynamics.