The foreign Ministry called the statement Jemilev about the arrests of the Crimean Tatars unfounded
The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich described the application of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and former leader of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Jemilev about the arrests of the Crimean Tatars distorting the real situation on the Peninsula. According to policy, " Dzhemilev was very active after his appointment to the position of Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on Affairs of the Crimean Tatar people ", reports news Agency." He seeks to do in the Crimea dangerous hotbed of separatism and replace so the idea of national-cultural autonomy of the local Tatar national-territorial "." now He's trying to push the idea of resettlement of the Crimean Tatars in the Kherson region of Ukraine and the governments of the authorities of the Crimea in exile " - said Lukashevich. The diplomat drew attention that the statement of the Deputy Jemilev about the arrests of the Crimean Tatars completely unfounded and distort the real situation in the Crimea." All his statement distort reality and declare his detachment from reality in the Crimea, " said Lukashevich.- This is an attempt to exacerbate inter-ethnic relations on the Peninsula ". Remember, in the spring of last year, Russia banned for 5 years of the entry into its territory leaders of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Jemilev. In the last month of summer 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has established the position of Commissioner of the Crimean Tatar people, which won the people's Deputy Mustafa Dzhemilev.