A resident of Adygea was convicted for participating in the "United Circassia Council"*

The Southern District Military Court found Maykop resident Ibragim Nagoyev guilty of participating in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

"Caucasian Knot" reported that a number of organizations with ties to southern Russia and the North Caucasus were added to the terrorist list on December 28, 2024, including the Free Circassia movement* (Great Circassia*, the Republic of Circassia*, and the Council of United Circassia*). The organizations listed as terrorists in southern Russia are primarily created and operate abroad and have little influence in Russia, but separatist ideas could be exploited by regional elites with the appropriate political agenda, analysts noted.

According to investigators, from January 11 to October 14, 2025, Nagoyev, while in Maikop, Adygea, participated in the activities of a structural unit of the banned terrorist organization "United Circassia Council"*. Nagoyev also administered the channel and distributed materials justifying and justifying the activities of the organization and its members, promoting "destructive" ideas, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today on its Telegram channel.

10:57 May 26, 2025

Activist reports detentions of protesters in Maykop

Adyghe activist Asker Sokht reported that participants in an unofficial commemorative event in Maykop on the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War were detained.

Furthermore, on May 20, 2025, he posted a message calling for a public event dedicated to the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, without submitting the required notification. On May 21, 2025, the defendant took part in the public event he organized in Maykop.

At the court hearing, Ibrahim Nagoyev fully admitted his guilt and expressed remorse.

According to the court's verdict, the defendant was found guilty of participating in the activities of an organization designated as terrorist 1 and was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony, with the first two years to be served in prison.

Materials on the situation of Circassians in Russia and abroad have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Circassian Question". The "Reference" section also contains the article "Parade in Krasnaya Polyana. How Russia Broke the Resistance of the Circassians".

* The organization is designated as a terrorist organization and its activities are banned in Russia.

** Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.