Members of Russia’s law enforcement agency have raided the house of Crimean Tatar Khalil Ablyamitov in the village of Azovske, Dzhankoy district in Russian-occupied Crimea.
UNIAN: Russian law enforcers in Crimea detain Crimean Tatar family after raid
Russian Special forces soldiers block an area as they raided an apartment building in Saint Petersburg in an operation targeting North Caucasus militants, reportedly killing two suspects, on August 17, 2016.The FSB security service said in a statement quoted by Russian agencies that the raid was part of an operation to detain "wanted persons accused of participating in illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus". Russia has battled a simmering insurgency in the Caucasus ever since fighting two brutal separatist conflicts with Chechnya. / AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA
