Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus

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The Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (CMPC; Russian: Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа (КГНК); until 1991 known as Assembly of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus) was a militarised political organisation in the North Caucasus, active around the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and after, from 1989 to 2000. It played a decisive role in the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia, rallying militants from the North Caucasian republics. Its forces have been accused of committing war crimes, including the ethnic cleansing of Georgians. The Confederation has been inactive since the assassination of its second leader, Yusup Soslanbekov, in 2000.

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