In Kyiv, a march was held against the Russian occupation of Crimea

In the center of Kyiv, on the day of the resistance of the Crimea of ​​the Russian occupation, a crowded march of solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people was held. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda.

Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian activists, as well as representatives of the Azerbaijani community, went to the march. The demonstrators gathered on the alley of the Heroes of Heavenly Hundreds and proceeded with the streets of Institutskaya, Silkovny and Grushevsky to European Square, and from there on Khreshchatyk to Independence Square.

The audience carried the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian flags and portraits of citizens of Ukraine, which, after Russian invasion of Crimea, were killed, missed or were imprisoned on fabricated charges. Some of the activists moved in front of the column on motorcycles.

A rally took place on Independence Square. Among the speakers were the chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov, chairman of the board of the Crimean Tatar resource center Escender Bariev, the mufti of the spiritual administration of the Muslims of Ukraine "UMMA" Said Ismagilov.

In his speech, Chubarov called on the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Verkhovna Rada to accelerate the adoption of amendments to the Constitution, according to which, in exchange for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of central subordination of Sevastopol, a single region - the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic should be formed.

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March against the occupation of Crimea

According to Crimea. Reals, a rally against the Russian occupation of Crimea was also held in Kherson. The Center for Journalistic Investigations clarifies that the action has gathered hundreds of participants. The governor of the Kherson region Andrei Gordeev spoke to the demonstrators.

A group of Moscow activists - Vera Lavreshina, Felix Swedovsky and others held another action in defense of the Crimean Tatars on Sunday evening:

The protest rally took place on Sunday at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. On the eve of the rally of representatives of the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian communities was held near the Russian embassy in Ankara. The demonstrators came out with the Crimea posters - this is Ukraine and “stop Putin's aggression”.

On Tuesday, February 28, a picket is outlined at the Russian Embassy in Warsaw.

Meanwhile, the “15 minutes” report that in the cities of the most annexed peninsula, unknown persons are placed on the streets of red-black leaflets with the images of the Ukrainian trident and the Crimean Tatar tag on each other and the inscription “The Rules of the Crimsus. These stickers, however, are torn almost immediately.

Three years ago, on February 26, 2014, in Simferopol, the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea hosted a rally of supporters of Euromaidan, which mainly participated in Crimean Tatars. The reason for the action was the vote planned in the regional parliament on the illegal conduct of the separatist referendum. At the same time, pro -Russian forces arranged their rally at the same place. A clash occurred between the participants in the two shares, during which, after the annexation of Crimea, the Russian prosecutor’s office of the region stated, "two people died, 79 bodily harm of varying severity were caused."

The performance of the Maidanites tore the plans of pro -Russian forces in parliament - the vote did not take place. After that, in the early morning of February 27, the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Cabinet of Cabinet were captured by special forces by Russian GRU in the form of without identification marks. In the evening of the same day, Crimean deputies under the muzzle of machine guns decided on a referendum. Then, the leader of the Russian Unity party, Sergei Aksenov, was appointed prime minister of the region. From this moment on, Ukraine actually lost its sovereignty over the Crimea.

In revenge for disruption of voting on February 26, the Russian authorities of Crimea in the first half of 2015 fabricated against the Crimean Tatars - participants in the rally criminal case. Its main defendant is the deputy chairman of the Medzhlis of the Crimean Tatar people Akhtem Chiygoz. Part 1 of Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code (organization of mass riots) threatens him from 8 to 15 years of colony. Chiygoz was enclosed in Simferopol pre-trial detention center; Materials in his regard are allocated in separate production. Hearing on the merits has been continuing since August 2016 in the Supreme Court of Crimea controlled by Russia.

The rest of the five accused - Ali Asanov, Mustafa Degermmenji, Escener Kantemirov, escorter Emirvaliev and Arsen Yunusov - Part 2 of the same article (participation in the riots), whose sanction is from 3 to 8 years. Asanov and Degermmenji are also in jail. The trial has been on the merits since November 2016 in the Russian Central District Court of Simferopol.

Previously, materials were allocated to separate production in relation to two more accused - the Espen Nybiev and the Yunusov Taleata. They in October and December 2015, respectively, received conditional terms.

On July 6, 2016, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Decree of President Petro Poroshenko, according to which on February 26 it will be annually celebrated as the Resistance Day of the Crimea of ​​the Russian occupation.