
Convicted in the annexed Crimea of the deputy chairman of the Mejlis Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umarov was given out to the Turkish side. This was reported by "Ukrainian Pravda" with reference to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev.
According to Dzhemilev, this became possible thanks to the agreements reached during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Umarov and Chiygoz were transported to Simferopol. Then they were sent to Anapa by plane, and from there to Ankara.
"The fact that everyone had expected so long. Two more hostages, two Ukrainian political prisoners gained freedom. Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umarov are fearless heroes of the Crimean Tatar people. Today they are freed from criminal prosecution. This is a logical result of titanic efforts, successfully conducted by legal, political and diplomatic work. I want to thank everyone who fought for their freedom and their freedom and their freedom and their freedom and Supported! ”, wrote lawyer Nikolai Polozov.
According to journalist Anton Naumluk, Umarova and Chiygoz pardoned Vladimir Putin. “The presidential decrees on pardon are classified and not published,” writes Naumluk. “According to participants in the negotiation process on the liberation of the Crimean Tatars, this is a" political decision and the result of negotiations with the participation of Turkey and Ukraine. "
According to the site "15 minutes", the plane with Umrov and Chiygoz landed safely in Ankara. “Then they will go to Ukraine. This is the result of Erdogan’s negotiations with Putin,” Jamielev said in a commentary at ATR.
“I am glad to play that Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umarov are finally at large. Thanks to the President of the Republic of Turkish, Tayip Erdogan for his efforts in the liberation of our heroes, as we agreed in New York and Kiev,” President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Facebook. - This issue will continue to remain among the priority during my negotiations with world leaders. After all, the joint struggle for the liberation of all Ukrainian citizens and their return to their own home continues. "
The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean occupation government, Ruslan Balbek, said that Putin pardoned Chiygoz and Umarov at the request of the head of the Russian mufti of Crimea Emirali Ablaev. Ablaev himself thanked Putin for the liberation of the Crimean Tatar leaders. In March, the defendants of the “February 26 affairs” Mustafa Degermendi and Ali Asanov stated that Ablaev convinced them to stipulate Chiygoz .
On September 11, the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea sentenced Chiygoz to eight years of the general regime in the “February 26 case”. The board of Viktor Zinkov, Alexei Kozyrev and Igor Kryuchkova found the deputy chairman of the Mejlis guilty under Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code (organization of riots). It was such a term by Politzeku who asked the prosecutor Anastasia Supryag to appoint a minimum term for this article in the court debate.
On September 27, the judge of the Simferopol District Court Andrei Kulishov sentenced Umrov to the two years of the penal colony of fabricated charges of separatism. As an additional punishment for a policy, a ban has been imposed for two years to serve the deadline to engage in public activities and perform in the media. The 60-year-old Umarov was announced guilty of part 2 of Article 280.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (public calls for separatism through the media). Before the sentencing entered into force, the politician remained under the subscription about the lower room.
After the meeting, Umarov told the supporters who came to support him at the court building, which remains a staunch supporter of the return of Crimea under the control of Ukraine. “I consider annexation - annexation, occupation - occupation, and the current government is criminal,” the deputy chairman of the Mejlis emphasized.