A Crimean Tatar activist reported an attack while filming a story about the Tavrida highway.

Crimean Tatar activist Riza Asanov wrote on Facebook that he was attacked in the morning while filming a story on a section of the Tavrida highway.

“I felt a sharp pain in my right shoulder. I noticed a black oblong object that looked like a baton. Then I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head. After that I lost consciousness,” the activist wrote.

According to the activist, upon regaining consciousness, he found himself lying near his car. The unknown man told him: “This is the last warning.” Another man added: “The next time we see you, you’ll be dead.”

After that, Asanov got into the car and drove to the hospital. Doctors recorded bruises and a concussion. The activist wrote a statement to the police about the attack. He noticed that the same man was with him at the police station and at the hospital.

“Experience shows that this was not just a passerby,” the activist emphasized.

Riza Asanov came to Crimea from Poland in 2017. In an interview with Crimea.Realities, he said that he conducts seminars on the peninsula for Crimean Tatars, at which lawyers teach how to behave during searches and arrests.

Traffic on the first stage of the Tavrida federal highway from Kerch to Simferopol was opened on December 31. The second part (four lanes from Kerch to Sevastopol) is planned to be completed by the end of 2020.