The permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea said that the crimes committed by Russia are repeated, because the Russian state is not held accountable for the crime committed by the Soviet Union.
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, a ceremony was held in memory of the victims of Soviet crimes. On Friday, May 17, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv, the flag of the Crimean Tatar people with a mourning ribbon was raised and then lowered. This was reported by the press service of the Representative Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The ceremony was attended by the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the head of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatars Refat Chubarov and the head of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev .
“We will raise the Crimean Tatar banner as long as necessary – until the day when we can transfer this ceremony to Crimea,” said Dmitry Kuleba.
The leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, recalled the consequences for the Crimean Tatar people of the crime committed by the Soviet authorities in 1944.
The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, spoke about Ukraine’s important steps towards protecting the rights of the Crimean Tatar people and added that it gives hope for overcoming the consequences of the 1944 genocide.
The permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea said that the crimes committed by Russia are repeated, because the Russian state is not held accountable for the crime committed by the Soviet Union.
“Therefore, now what the Crimean Tatars call hybrid deportation is happening. Yes, now they are not put in cargo cars, but the conditions were created that forced the Crimean Tatars to leave Crimea in 2014, because of the occupation of Crimea by Russian troops, in 2022 – from “for the forced mobilization of the enemy’s army,” said Tamila Tasheva.
The Permanent Representative called on everyone to join the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people in any form: tie a black mourning ribbon, express words of sympathy to familiar Crimean Tatars, write a letter to Crimean Tatars who are illegally held in prisons. Crimea.
It was previously reported that during Crimea’s occupation of the peninsula, 60 people died on the peninsula due to political repression by the Russian Federation, 28 of whom were Crimean Tatars.
150 political prisoners from Crimea are serving their sentences in the Russian Federation – KRC
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