Mustafa Dzhemilev arrested in absentia

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested the leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, in absentia. about this writes His lawyer Dzhemil Temishev on Facebook. In connection with what a criminal case has been opened, it is still unknown, but, according to Temishev, the FSB investigator who petitioned for the arrest stated that the case had been opened under three articles of the Criminal Code. Among the grounds given by the investigator for arrest as a measure of restraint is that Dzhemilev “is hiding from the investigation and the court, can put pressure on witnesses, destroy evidence, is a citizen of another state, does not have a permanent place of residence on the territory of Crimea,” writes Temishev. Dzhemilev, who is now on the territory of Ukraine, has been put on the federal wanted list. In 2014, he was banned from entering the territory of the Russian Federation (including Crimea) for five years.

UPD. " Crimean Prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya reported to RIA Novosti on January 21 that Dzhemilev is suspected of "committing a number of intentional crimes. According to her, the articles incriminated to Dzhemilev are not disclosed so as not to harm the preliminary investigation.