The Court of Cassation approved the verdict in absentia of the ex-chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people

The Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the absentee sentence of the ex-chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev. This is what the Crimean Process initiative is about.

reports In April Dzhemileva 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. At the same time, he was released from execution due to an amnesty for Victory Day. However, in May, the Supreme Court of Crimea decided on an amnesty and toughened the punishment, in particular by assigning the Crimean Tatar a year in prison.

found guilty canceled All trials of Dzhemilev took place without his participation; he lives abroad.

OVD-Info details about Dzhemilev’s case. According to security officials, in May 2014 he was planning to illegally “cross the Russian border at the Armyansk checkpoint.” Then he failed to enter the territory of Crimea, but several thousand people broke through the cordon at the checkpoint in Armyansk. Many participants in the meeting with Dzhemilev were later fined under administrative charges. Five of them were accused of using violence against government officials (Article 318 of the Criminal Code); in 2015, four were sentenced to suspended sentences.

told - Charges under articles of illegal acquisition and careless storage of weapons with a carbine stored in Dzhemilev’s safe, which his son Hayser knew about. In May 2013, Dzhemilev Jr. took possession of a weapon and killed a man with it. That same year, he was found guilty of negligent homicide. associated - In April 2016, the Supreme Court of Crimea Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people was an extremist organization and banned its activities. admitted