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Searches of Crimean Tatars took place in Crimea
On October 12, officers of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to the homes of several Crimean Tatars, the RIA Novosti Crimea agency reports , citing a law enforcement source.
According to the journalist of the Center for Journalistic Research Shevket Namatullayev, this morning the security forces came with searches to the village of Strogonovka and the Kamenka massif, a suburb of Simferopol, to the houses of the Crimean Tatars who had recently returned from the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca, which is performed by believing Muslims). was posted On the page of the head of the CEC of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people, Zair Smedlyaev, on the social network Facebook, a post with the names of those who were searched. These are Rustem Ismailov, Uzair Abdullayev, Teymur Abdullayev, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov. At least three of them were taken to the FSB of Crimea.
A RIA Novosti source said that the searches were related to the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in Russia. Five Crimean Tatars are "leaders and active members" of a cell of a terrorist organization.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international political organization that aims to establish an Islamic state and a Muslim way of life. Its activities are banned in Russia, Kazakhstan and Germany, but, for example, in Ukraine, Hizb ut-Tahrir can operate legally.