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.