Halya Coynash: Occupation regime proposes ‘day of joy’ instead of Crimean Tatar deportation anniversary
A elderly man carries small flags of Crimean Tatars (L) and Ukraine (R) while celebrating a day of Crimean Tatars' national flag in the Crimean capital Simferopol, on June 26, 2014.
As well as lies about the forced silencing of Crimean Tatar TV ATR and plans to replace it with a malleablepro-regime clone, a top figure in Russian-occupied Crimea has proposed that the "cult" of May 18 - the anniversary of the Deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar People in 1944 should be stopped and Crimeans should instead celebrate a "day of joy".
