In Crimea, the arrest of those involved in the “Vedzhie Kashka case” was extended

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol extended the arrest of the defendants in the Vedzhie Kashka case for two months. This is reported by "Crimea. Realities".

Before that, the Supreme Court of Crimea rejected the appeal of the defense to extend the arrest until May 15.

Crimean Tatars Bekir Degermendzhi, Asan Chapukh, Kazin Ametov and Ruslan Trubach will remain in jail until July 15. The defendants in the case have serious health problems. Chapukh suffered a minor stroke in the pre-trial detention center, and Degermendzhi suffered from chronic asthma.

All four are suspected of extorting money from a Turkish citizen.

• FSB officers detained activists in Simferopol on November 23, 2017. The investigation opened a criminal case on extortion committed by a group of persons (part 2 of article 163 of the Criminal Code).
• after the incident died Vejiye Kashka, a veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, . They also wanted to detain her, but the woman became ill and was taken to the hospital.