Halya Coynash: The abductions Russia brought to Crimea

By Halya Coynash.

Published May 24, 2020 at 4:15 pm

This undated photo shows Ervin Ibragimov, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars. He was abducted from near his home in Bakhchysarai, Crimea

Four years ago, in the evening of May 24, Ervin Ibragimov, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars was abducted from near his home in Bakhchysarai. Although video footage showed Ibragimov being stopped by men who seemed to be in road patrol uniforms and taken away by force, the occupation authorities never made any real attempt to find his abductors. It seems likely that this was because they knew very well who was behind this latest of many abductions and disappearances since Russia’s annexation of Crimea.