Kendelen: A historic fight

January 01, 2019 20:23

• Year results in Northern Caucasus: mass protests and arrests of officials

  In the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the past year is remembered by several crises, including expansion of the territory of Chechnya by Ramzan Kadyrov despite mass protests in Ingushetia, interethnic conflict which led to the resignation of the Kabardino-Balkarian leader, and a number of top-ranking officials fell under arrest and investigations in Dagestan.

November 01, 2018 18:55

• Complaint of fines after clashes in Kabardino-Balkaria reaches SC

  On October 31, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria began to consider a complaint filed by a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), who challenged the fines imposed on him after he had appeared on the place of the September riots. The student claims that he did not take part in the protest action.

October 16, 2018 11:30

• Publisher Kotlyarov reports threats after publishing a book about Kanzhali battle

  Viktor Kotlyarov, an author and publisher of the book "The Battle of Kanzhali: A Look Through the Centuries", has filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about the threats got through the Internet. He also sent a letter to Kabardino-Balkarian leader Kazbek Kokov, in which he called the Kanzhali battle a "litmus test" for the situation with interethnic relations in the republic.

October 02, 2018 22:44

• After Kendelen conflict, historian Kotlyarov issues a book about Kanjali Battle

  In Nalchik, the book "Kanjali Battle: View Through Centuries" has been released, telling about the clash of Circassians with the troops of the Crimean Khan Kaplan-Giray on the Malka River. According to the author, Victor Kotlyarov, the Kanjali Battle has a direct bearing on the present, in particular, on the unrests in the village of Kendelen.

September 29, 2018 20:14

• Over 250,000 roubles raised for victims of clashes in Kendelen

  Over the first three days of raising funds to help the Adygs affected by the clashes in the area of the Kendelen village, more than 250,000 roubles came, reported Astemir Shebzukhov, a journalist from Nalchik.

September 28, 2018 18:08

• Activists detained after clashes in Kendelen set free – rights defender

  Today, Valery Khatazhukov, the head for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, has reported that activists detained during the conflict in the village of Kendelen were released after the expiration of their administrative arrests.

September 27, 2018 08:05

• Political analysts link Yuri Kokov's resignation with Kendelen conflict

  The events in Kendelen have shown the Kremlin that Yuri Kokov is unable to maintain stability in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Andrei Serenko believes. Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political analyst, is sure that Moscow officials, while combating the opposition, which manifested itself during the incident in Kendelen, are safeguarding themselves.

September 26, 2018 01:17

• Over 150,000 roubles raised for the victims of clashes near Kendelen

  Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Adygea have raised more than 150,000 roubles to help the Adygs, who suffered in clashes that occurred in the vicinity of the village of Kendelen, Olga Begret, the head of the NGO named "Ochag" (Hearth), has informed.

September 25, 2018 08:32

• Organizer of equestrian march criticize authorities for conflict in Kendelen

  Should officials started dialogue with public activists and acted professionally, the confrontation in Kendelen could have been avoided, Aslan Kudaev, the organizer of the equestrian march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle, has stated today.

September 24, 2018 22:47

• A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria disappears after clashes, his relatives report

  Since the morning on September 19, relatives of Rashid Pugoev from Prokhladny cannot contact him, reports a local group in Instagram. Users of the social network have expressed the opinion that the disappearance of the young man may be related to the conflict between Kabardian and Balkar people in the village of Kendelen.

September 23, 2018 11:30

• 25 people are still under arrest in Nalchik after disorders in Kendelen

  Eight out of the 33 persons, detained on September 19 after the Kabardinian-Balkar conflict in the village of Kendelen, were released from the Nalchik temporary isolation facility, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated.

September 21, 2018 21:48

• Activists report about 45 hospitalized after clashes near Zayukovo in KBR

  45 people were hospitalized as a result of clashes with policemen near the village of Zayukovo in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the number of detainees reached 120, activists have stated.

September 21, 2018 19:48

• Circassian activists argue about ICA's influence on conflict in Kendelen

  The Congress of the International Circassian Association (ICA) has finished without announcement of a position on the conflict in the village of Kendelen, and the statement will be announced later, reported participants of the event. The ICA's statement will not help to stop the confrontation, believes activist Zaurbiy Chundyshko.

September 21, 2018 19:43

• Appeals to reconcile Kabardian and Balkar people provoke disputes in social networks

  On September 20, the Day of Adygs was celebrated in Kabardino-Balkaria against the background of clashes in Kendelen. Some Kabardian users of social networks refused to consider it a holiday. In the Balkar environment, not all people agreed with the calls for reconciliation.

September 21, 2018 10:48

• Historians assert that land dispute caused conflict in Kendelen

  The Kabardians vs. Balkars conflict around the anniversary of the Kanjali Battle was caused by the problem of mountain pastures, scientists have stated. Balkars took the Kabardians' decision to mark the anniversary of the battle back in 2008 as a claim to their lands.

September 21, 2018 08:19

• Officials blame social network users for conflict in Kendelen

  The Kabardians vs. Balkars confrontation in the village of Kendelen was arranged by provocateurs, who had fuelled the conflict in social networks, the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities' Matters and the Deputy Minister for Nationalities of the neighbouring Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have stated. Many social network users have supported the calls to end the conflict.

September 20, 2018 23:45

• Conflict in Kendelen affects celebration of Adyg Day in KBR

  The broad-scale celebration of the Adyg Day in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) takes place at the background of the Balkars-Kabardians conflict over the historical interpretation of the Kanjali Battle.

September 20, 2018 18:47

• Two law enforcers injured in a clash in Kabardino-Balkaria

  OMON (riot police) fighters were injured in clashes that occurred not far from the village of Zayukovo, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. Law enforcers continued patrolling the streets of the Kendelen village.

September 20, 2018 14:45

• Media: dozens of people detained after clashes near Kendelen in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Clashes occurred on the motorway "Kavkaz" after law enforcers stopped at a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Baksan a group of people who were going to support one of the parties to the conflict in the Kendelen village. At least 30 people were detained, the media report.

September 20, 2018 08:43

• Historians explain ethnic conflict around Kanjali Battle in KBR

  The scale and significance of the Kanjali Battle can be a subject of discussion, but the ethnic conflict in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has arisen on this ground because of harsh political restrictions, historians believe.

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