The trial of Ilmi Umerov for saying only what the UN and entire democratic world says about Russia’s occupation of Crimea was always going to seem grotesquely Kafkaesque. It has now transpired that Russia did not even (or could not) find an ‘expert’ willing to give testimony against the Crimean Tatar leader who actually knew Crimean Tatar. This is no small omission given that Umerov is on trial for statements made in that language.
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Halya Coynash: Russian FSB ‘expert’ in trial of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov doesn’t know the language
A picture taken on Sept. 11, 2016 in Bakhchysaray shows Crimean Tatar activist Ilmi Umerov speaking during an interview with AFP.
