Silencing the Exile: Russia’s Global Campaign Against Circassian Identity and Independence
The following is my Online speech to the:
International Conference
The Circassian Genocide in the Context of
History and
Contemporary Politics
Adel Bashqawi
Date: December 17, 2025, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,
I speak not only of a nation exiled, but of a people whose voice Russia has sought to silence across continents—waging a relentless campaign against Circassian identity and the very right to self‑determination and independence.
For more than a century and a half since the official end of the war, the Circassian nation has carried the burden of exile, its memory scarred by genocide and its identity threatened by Russia’s ongoing campaign of erasure.
