BAKHCHISARAI, Ukraine - Mustafa Dzhemilev, the long-time leader of the Crimean Tatars has been banned from the peninsula since Russia annexed the Ukrainian region in March 2014. But his wife, Safinar Dzhemileva, remains in Crimea, living in a large house in Bakhchisarai, the traditional capital of the Crimean Tatar nation.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: ‘Just give us our freedom,’ says wife of exiled Crimean Tatar leader
Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova poses with her large scale brick sculpture, deliberately reminiscent of the shape of Crimea, during a photo call in central London on March 19.
