The ex-chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people received a harsher sentence in absentia

The Supreme Court of Crimea canceled the amnesty and tightened the sentence in absentia for the ex-chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev. About this with reference to lawyer Nikolai Polozov “Krym.Realii”.

write The court canceled Dzhemilev’s release from punishment due to an amnesty on charges of illegal acquisition of weapons and careless storage of ammunition. Under the article on careless storage of ammunition, Dzhemilev was fined 20 thousand rubles, and under the article on illegal acquisition of weapons - a year in prison.

On charges of illegal border crossing, the court increased the sentence from two to three years in prison.

April 22 Mustafa Dzhemilev under articles of illegal border crossing (Part 3 of Article 322 of the Criminal Code), illegal acquisition (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code) and careless storage of weapons (Article 224 of the Criminal Code). The man was given a two-year suspended sentence and a fine of 35 thousand rubles, but the Crimean Tatar was released from execution due to an amnesty for Victory Day.

found guilty on April 29, the prosecutor's office demanded that the amnesty be canceled and the punishment for Dzhemilev increased.

Mustafa Dzhemilev is outside the Russian Federation.

• According to investigators, on May 3, 2014, Dzhemilev, “accompanied by other persons,” illegally crossed the Russian border at the Armyansk checkpoint. Many participants in the meeting with Dzhemilev were later fined under administrative charges. Five people were accused of using violence against government officials (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), four of them were given suspended sentences in 2015.
• In addition, the former leader of the Mejlis, according to the case materials, kept a carbine in a safe, which his son Hayser knew about. In May 2013, Dzhemilev Jr. took possession of a weapon and killed a man with it. Episodes related to weapons occurred with citizens of Ukraine long before the referendum on the annexation of Crimea to Russia. OVD-Info details about Dzhemilev’s case. told