Digest

The police arrested a group of four Crimean Tatars who travelled to Rostov-on-Don to attend the trial for the „Hizb ut-Tahrir Case“.

The criminal case under article 328 part 1 of the Russian Criminal Codex, which determines punishment for the objection of military or alternative civil serivce, is being examined in the regional court of Simferopol since February 28 2019.

The „Federal tax authority“ of occupied Crimea announced the launching of a „list of measures“ aimed towards the disclosure of freelancers who allegedly evade tax declaration.

Crimea is an integral part of Ukraine. It’s not just a political slogan. For 5 years of annexation, the peninsula gradually acquires its original appearance before the opening of the North-Crimean Canal – the arid steppe with salt marshes. The senseless extraction of natural resources from the depths caused great damage to Crimea’s fragile ecosystem. Experts agree that Crimea will not survive without the Dnipro river. In addition, in August 2018, the negligence of the occupation authorities led to an environmental disaster in Armyansk. Suffering the same fate is a risk for Kerch. If the destructive processes do not stop, soon the once fertile resort peninsula will become uninhabitable and won’t ever look itself.

He’s a shortish skinny tanned man, with sinewy arms. He has dark bags under his sunken eyes. He’s wearing a check shirt, his dark hair reflecting the luminiscent light. You cannot say for sure what his facial expression means – it’s not anxiety, but it’s not confidence either. He seems to be far away from here. 

We are publishing the story of Akhtem Mustafayev, the driver of Mustafa Dzhemilev’s family. He was tortured to give evidence in the so-called case on arson of the house of Mufti of the Crimea Emirali Ablayev.