The first Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Vadim Prystaiko, said President Poroshenko presented an initiative to Parliament for the creation of an autonomous Crimean Tatars republic for people that fled Crimea after the annexation, adding that the Minsk process aiming to restore peace cannot go further due to the ongoing presence of Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine.
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Daily Sabah: Deputy FM says Ukraine to establish autonomy for Crimean Tatars
Two Crimean Tatar women attend an anti-war rally on the Independence square in central Kyiv, on March 8, 2014.
