Crimean Tatars make up an estimated 12% of the peninsula's population (file picture) A prominent opponent of Russia's annexation of Crimea has been given eight years in jail for stirring up protests.
Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev, who position themselves as heads of the Mejlis (assembly) of the Crimean Tatar people in Ukraine, intend to block Crimea MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/.
The Polish parliament recognized the 1944 deportation of Ukraine’s Crimean Tatars as an act of “genocide” against the Crimean Tatar people, local media reported on Friday. According to ...
SIMFEROPOL, December 19. /TASS/. The Majlis of Crimean Tatars, which is not registered in Russia, does not represent any longer interests of the people. It has been substituted in Crimea with the ...
He is the deputy head of the Mejlis, the traditional Tatar assembly in Crimea which Russia banned after annexing the peninsula in 2014. Many Crimean Tatars opposed annexation and have since been ...