The conviction of Fauziya Bayramova, president of the Volga Tatar Milli Mejlis and a longtime activist for the Tatar nation, for her support of the Crimean Tatars as well as her suspended one-year sentence is attracting widespread attention in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine.
The Interpreter: Volga Tatar activist’s conviction echoes in Russia and Ukraine
Refat Chubarov, the president of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, praised Volga Tatar activist Fauziya Bayramova for her courage and her unwavering support for the rights of the Tatars and other Turkic peoples of Russia.