Russia classifies documents about release of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov
All documents on the release of Ilmi Umerov from Russian prison are classified, said Aishe Umerova, daughter of the deputy of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, in a commentary on Channel 5.
“We don’t have any documents, we don’t have a single piece of paper in our hands. It’s a closed case, there is a decree, there isn’t a decree. All of the documents are absolutely secret, so the work of the lawyers in the coming days is to find out, to get all these documents and then we can plan something,” Umerova said.
She also confirmed that Ilmi Umerov intends to try to go to the Crimea again.
As was reported, on October 25, Russia extradited representatives of the Mejlis, Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, to Turkey.
On September 11, a Russian court in the annexed Crimea sentenced Akhtem Chyigoz to eight years in a strict-regime colony for organizing mass riots. His defense filed two appeals against the court’s decision.
On September 27, the Simferopol District Court, which is directed by the Kremlin, convicted Ilmi Umerov and ordered him to be sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement.