The Russian court in the Crimea handed over the correspondence verdict to the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev

In the annexed Crimea, the Russian court in Armyansk handed over in absentia to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev. The 78-year-old dissident was sentenced to a conditional time for careless storage of firearms. He was in absentia from punishment on an amnesty in honor of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The verdict is reported by the editors of Crimea. Realities. Dzhemilev was accused under two articles of the Criminal Code. One more charges, the illegal storage of weapons, the dissident was sentenced to imprisonment. And immediately released from punishment in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations of holding to justice.

Dzhemilev is a human rights activist, the former head of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people banned in Russia after the annexation of Crimea. He has been protecting the rights of Crimean Tatars since the late 60s of the twentieth century. In 2014, he opposed the annexation of Crimea, after which he was banned from entering the peninsula.

Now the ban is extended until 2034, Dzhemilev will be then 91 years old. In addition, another criminal case has been instituted in Russia against the dissident - about the illegal crossing of the border.