An armed search was carried out on Oct 5 of the home of Suleyman Kadyrov, a member of the Feodosia mejlis (regional self-governing body). The search warrant was issued over ‘suspicion of extremist activities’ with the said ‘extremism’ being found in a Facebook post from March 2016 in which Kadyrov calls Crimea part of Ukraine.
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A picture taken on September 12, 2016 in the main Crimean city of Simferopol shows an elderly woman walking next to an election campaign poster for the United Russia party with the phrase "Russia is ours." (AFP)
