Russia's War Against Ukraine
Halya Coynash: Russian annexation brings Crimean Tatar tragedy
Mustafa Jemiliev, Ukrainian MP, former head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and veteran leader of the Crimean Tatar rights movement, has been presented with a document banning his entry to the Russian Federation. This, according to Moscow and the puppet government installed in Simferopol includes the Crimea. The move coincides with measures to prevent broadcasts with Jemiliev, the current head of the Mejlis, Refat Chubarov, and other Mejlis representatives on Crimean radio and television. It comes less than a month before the seventieth anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People and demonstrates how well-founded Crimean Tatar fears of Russian rule of the Crimea were.