The public organization "Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Human Rights Center" appealed to the head of the republic Kazbek Kokov, as well as to members of the government and State Duma deputies from the KBR. Citizens called for the release of the detained participants of the march in Nalchik dedicated to the end of the Caucasian War.

The authors of the appeal noted that "the actions of the authorities are aimed at counteracting the expression of the will of a significant part of the population, striving to preserve and pass on to future generations the memory of the tragic events of national history." According to them, "the main initiator and driving force" of the march is "the people," and the actions of law enforcement agencies that detained the participants of the action "can be seen as an attempt to suppress public opinion and the historical self-awareness of citizens."

On May 21, a rally was held in Nalchik in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War and those who died for the independence of the Circassian people. At least two thousand people took part in the action.

As the Memorial Human Rights Center reported, several dozen participants in the action were called in advance by employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with an offer to come to the department to receive a warning about the "inadmissibility of actions that create conditions for committing an offense." According to human rights activists, at least eight demonstrators were detained and subjected to administrative arrest. They are accused of participating in an unauthorized event and blocking roads.

The Caucasian War (1817-1864) is a general name for the military actions of the Russian Imperial Army associated with the annexation of the North Caucasus to the Russian Empire, and its military confrontation with the mountain peoples. After the war, the Adyghe (Circassians) were forced to leave their homeland en masse.