Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis Akhtem Chiygoz was sentenced to eight years in prison
The Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, to eight years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of organizing riots in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. It is reported by "Crimea. Realities". On August 7, 2017, during the debate of the parties, the prosecutor requested that Chiygoz be sentenced to eight years in a penal colony.