Five Crimean Tatars Detained In Russia-Annexed Crimea rferl.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rferl.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A Russian court has sentenced a pro-Ukrainian activist from Moscow-annexed Crimea, Oleh Prykhodko, to five years in prison on terrorism charges that he and his supporters have dismissed as politically motivated.
Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said on Telegram that the Southern District Military Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on March 3 ordered Prykhodko to pay a 110,000 ruble (around $1,500) fine.
Denisova called the court s ruling unlawful and based on fabricated charges of an attempted terrorist attack and plotting an arson attack against the Russian Consulate in [Ukraine s western city of] Lviv in 2019. I condemn the unlawful verdict by the Russian court and consider it retaliation from the occupying government for Oleh s pro-Ukrainian stance [and] his public refusal to recognize Crimea s annexation by Russia, Denisova s statement said, while also saying that Prykhodko has a medical condition.
Crimean Tatar Activists Detained After Homes Searched
February 17, 2021 11:43 GMT
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SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine Russian authorities have detained several Crimean Tatar activists after their homes were searched in Ukraine s Russian-controlled Crimea region.
The Crimean Solidarity group told RFE/RL on February 17 that the searches were conducted at the homes of Abdulbori Makhamadaminov, Azamat Eyupov, Timur Yalkabov, Ernest Ibragimov, Oleh Fyodorov, Lenur Seydametov, and Yashar Shikhametov in different towns and cities across Crimea.
The official reason for the searches remains unclear.
Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said in a statement that all of the men were taken to the FSB s directorate in Crimea after the searches.
Russian Court Jails Three Crimean Tatars On Extremism Charges
January 12, 2021 11:55 GMT
Riza Omerov (left), his father, Enver Omerov, and Ayder Dzhepparov (in the background) appear in court in Rostov-on-Don on January 12.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia Another group of Crimean Tatars has been sentenced to lengthy prison terms on charges of being members of a banned Islamic group and plotting to seize power in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
The Southern Military Regional Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on January 12 sentenced Enver Omerov to 18 years, Ayder Dzhepparov to 17 years, and Riza Omerov to 13 years in prison.