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16 of November, 14:01

Crimean Tatars have created an alternative to the Mejlis
The two largest Crimean Tatar organization of the Crimean Peninsula "kyrym" (Crimea ) and "birligi kyrym" ( "Crimean Unity" ), combining their efforts, will become an alternative to the Mejlis, which monopolized the right to speak on behalf of all Crimean Tatars, said Last news the head of the state Committee of the government of Crimea for interethnic relations and deported citizens Zaur Smirnov.

according to his statement, first the right to speak on behalf of all Crimean Tatars monopolized the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. However, after its Leaders had left the Crimea, opposing the reunification of the Peninsula with Russia, they lost the right to represent the desires of the Crimean Tatars, drew attention Smirnov.

"The Crimean Tatars for one and a half years have learned, without of Parliament, and to solve their problems by collaborating with the government, creating their own social structures, such as the "kyrym" and " kyrym birligi ", and accepting them as legitimate solutions. Now Both of these organizations, which represent the true wishes of the Crimean Tatars, decided to join the efforts, saying the support of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov, " - said Smirnov correspondents.

according to him, the agreement was reached at the second final conference of the public Council of the Crimean Tatar people, which was held in Simferopol.

"it may be that the result of this unification effort will be the development of a new common project ", - noted Smirnov.

Interregional public movement of the Crimean Tatar people "kyrym" is headed by Vice-speaker of Crimean Parliament Remzi Ilyasov, public organization "kyrym birligi" - the former head of genichesky regional Council of the Kherson area of Ukraine. Both organizations supported the reunification of Crimea with Russia and favour the development of the Crimean Tatars from Russia.

The leaders of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev has acted against the reunification of the Crimea with Russia and left the Peninsula. Because of extremist statements, inciting national discord, in 2014 them at 5 years was denied entry into the Russian Federation. Relatively Chubarov was prosecuted under the criminal code for appeals to change the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. At the end of October, the Prosecutor of the Crimea Natalia Polonskaya stated that Chubarov " opened the entrance to the site of the Crimea ", " let him come, the bodies of preliminary investigation waiting for him ". Public chamber of Russia appealed to the Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chayka with a request to test for extremism in Russia of unregistered organization " the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people ".

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