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Chiygoz, deputy chair of Crimean Tatar Majilis, sentenced to 8 years in prison

By Interfax-Ukraine.
This undated photo shows Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz.
Photo by khpg.org

SIMFEROPOL – The Crimean Supreme Court has sentenced Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy chair of the Crimean Tatar Majilis (banned in Russia), to eight years in a penitentiary for instigating mass disturbances at a Simferopol rally on Feb. 26, 2014, ahead of the referendum on Crimea’s reunification with Russia, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.

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