The illegal sentencing of Akhtem Chiygoz, a Ukrainian citizen and deputy head of the Crimean Tatar representative assembly (Mejlis), to 8 years in jail by the Moscow-installed authorities in Crimea caused indignation and protest across the world.
A number of world governments, politicians, and international organizations have made statements condemning the farcical trial, as well as the general atmosphere of repression in the Russian-occupied territory, and calling to free Chiygoz and other hostages of the Kremlin.
