The Committee of Bashkir Resistance was founded on 21 September 2022. In August 2021,
Fail Alsynov, the chairman of Bashkort, and Gabbasov staged a massive protest on the
Kushtau mount where several thousand protesters clashed with local security forces.
Radiy Khabirov, the
Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan, personally negotiated with the protesters for their dispersal. Following the protest Alsynov and Gabbasov fled the county for
Lithuania as criminal charges for creating an extremist organization where brought against them. On 10 October 2022, photos of armed Bashkir militants appeared on
Telegram wearing chevrons with a blue hexagon and crescent, similar to the insignia of the army of
Bashkortostan during the Russian civil war. The militants have stated they do not wish to fight for a
Russian world and that Ukrainians had done nothing against the Bashkirs, and that they have sworn oaths to fight for the liberation of Bashkortostan. The Committee issued a statement in favor of the
2024 Bashkortostan protests. Blogger AA considers the page hostile and issues a refutation ==See also==