Lawyer: The Kremlin continues policy of suppression and expulsion of Crimean Tatars
Russian lawyer Mark Feygin believes that the Kremlin did not stop the policy of squeezing the rebellious Crimean Tatars from the annexed Peninsula, as discussed in an interview with UKRINFORM.
"There is a policy of squeezing out the Crimean Tatars from the Crimea and at the same time silencing them within its territory. It's awful. And there is no need to build illusions that the Kremlin will have difficulties, practical or moral with the implementation of such a policy as similar experiences have already occurred; the Kremlin is not afraid of the memory of 1944. This makes the situation even more tragic," the lawyer said.
According to him, the Crimean Tatars are seen as "a disloyal mass of the population. The problem needs to be solved one way or another."
Feygin believes that an information vacuum, formed after the annexation of the Peninsula, is one of the main problems in Crimea. This, in particular, relates to publicity and the media coverage of those trials, which take place in the Crimea, the lawyer said.
He is confident that in the future this may lead to more negative consequences. "Relatively speaking, in the near future, it will not be 18 politically motivated prisoners in Crimea but 100. Recently 300,000 Crimean Tatars lived in the Crimea," Feygin said.
Persecution of Pro-Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar activists has become a regular phenomenon in Crimea after its annexation by Russia. The human rights advocates have repeatedly raised these issues. They call on the Kremlin to cease its violations of human rights. However, Moscow and Russian authorities in Crimea deny any repression of these groups.