The state Department on the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars said about their harassment
The U.S. Department of state spoke on the first day of the week with a statement in connection with the 71-th anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars, saying that oppress the people.

The U.S. Department of state spoke on the first day of the week with a statement in connection with the 71-th anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars, saying that oppress the people.
"Their grandfathers had to live in exile, in conditions of repression, and most of Their descendants never returned. Today, Crimean Tatars also face repression and discrimination in Russian-occupied Crimea, having no representation in the government, nor the opportunity to go complaints ", - is informed in the report.
"Almost 10 thousand Crimean Tatars were supposed to run with their own homeland, and those who remained were subjected to violence, including interrogations, beatings, unwarranted detention and law enforcement Ministers searches in homes and mosques. These atrocities and human rights violations forced to stop ", - told in state.
The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said on the first day of the week that the alleged violation of the rights and freedoms of the Crimean Tatars and other peoples in Crimea are not true. He said that the program of revival of the Crimean Tatar and other peoples of Crimea deported from the Republic during the war years, up to 2020 will be allocated about 10 billion rubles. Aksenov also said that nothing of this sort could not be and speeches for more than 20-year history of the finding of the Crimea from Ukraine.
The foreign Ministry, the United States stated that it did not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia according to the results of the referendum in March 2014." We reaffirm our support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and our commitment to human rights throughout Ukraine, including in Crimea ", - concluded at the state Department.
Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the March 2014 referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters (96, 77%) were in favor of reunification with Russia. The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has stated many times that the residents of the Crimea in a democratic way, in full accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations voted for reunification with Russia, respecting and accepting this choice, and this decision is the reality that ought to be considered.