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July 20th 2025, Political Activists, gathered a “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” organized Rally in one of the New York City landmark, Union Square, to celebrate a traditional Captive Nations Week.

Deputy Chairman of the "Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People", Bairta Baltykova, speaks with gathered activists about continuing to fight for the release of political prisoners, esteemed members of the "Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People", Altan Ochirov and Evgeny Kikeev, at a rally organized by her to celebrate the annual "Captive Nations Week", which was annually held in the United States in the Third week of July since its establishment in 1959

Kalmyk Veteran political activist, esteemed member of the executive board “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” Khulkhachieva Nadezhda, at the heart of New York City, Manhattan landmark Union Square, at a rally she gathered calling the International communities, for the demand Russian Government to release from prison two ethnic Kalmyk prisoners of conscience, members “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” Altan Ochirov and Evgeny Kikeev.

In the photo from left to right, at the Rally on July 20th,2025, a “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” Chairman Batyr Boromangnaev, in a hot discussion about the current situation in politics in Russia, with a prominent member of the board, Boris Lidzhiev

Being busy with routine job tasks in transportation, one of our esteemed members, who is constantly doing everything to let the world community know about the problems of ethnic Oirat-Kalmyks, stands at busy places around the New York City Metro with one-person pickets. Aldar Mandzhiev, with two different banners, stands at two locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Preparation and participation of the presentation “The True Political Prisoners of Russia - the Captive Nations” hosted by "Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine" in the Ukranian Club, 136 2nd Avenue, New York City.
April 1st, 2025.

Rally on Union Square for 3rd anniversary of the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine and for supporting and release for political prisoners Altan Ochirov and Eugene Kikeev.

February 23th, 2025

Rally for supporting and release for political prisoner Eugene Kikeev
in front of UN Headquarters, New York City.

February 16th, 2025

Call to the world community to pay attention to the demand for the release of political prisoner, the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People esteemed member Altan Ochirov in San Francisco.

December 12th, 2024

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Calls to the world community to pay attention to the demand for the release of political prisoner, the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People esteemed member Altan Ochirov in the front of the UN Headquarters, Times Square and Abraham Lincoln monument at the Union Square Park in New York City.
September - November, 2024.

New York City, rally picket November 3rd, 2024 to call the world community to know and help to release a serving time and tortured in a harsh russian jail, Political prisoner, ethnic Kalmyk, esteemed member of “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People “ Altan Ochirov.

From left to right:
- Batyr Boromangnaev, Chairman of the “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People”,
- Dmitry Perveev, Political activist, member of the “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People”,
- Eduard Sangadzhiev, First Secretary of the ”Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People.”

Rally in front of the UN Headquarters, New York City.
September 2nd, 2024

Rallie as part of the Annual Commemorative Captive Nations Week in New York City
July 20th, 2024

Rally on Times Square. 2nd year of the War.
February 24th, 2024.

Annual meeting "Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People" was held at private venue in Brooklyn, New York.
February 11th, 2024

Rally in front of U.N. Headquarters organized to respond to the Decree of Russia’s Supreme Court, ruling to ban a “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” and admitting all members to it as “extremists”, New York City.
October 8th, 2023.

A speaker in the photo:

Bairta Baltykova,
Deputy Chairman of the “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People”.
October 8th, 2023.

Giliana Kegiarikova,
esteemed member of the “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People” with her son.
October 8th, 2023.

Boris Lidzhiev,
esteemed member of the “Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People”, third from left,

holds his made-up banner "Stop the Genocide" for ethnic Kalmyk people.
October 8th, 2023.

Rally on Times Square
July 23rd, 2023

Rally in front of the UN Headquarters, New York City.
July 17th, 2023

Rally in front of the UN Headquarters, New York City.
June 24th, 2023