Halya Coynash: Russia can’t wait a day with new repression against Crimean Tatars

Published Sept. 29, 2016 at 7:07 am

A picture taken on February 12, 2015 shows Mejlis member Ilmi Umerov, former head of the Bakhchysaray's district, looking on during an interview with AFP in Bakhchysaray. (AFP)

Photo by AFP

Ilmi Umerov, Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and recent victim of punitive psychiatry has again been brought before a court in Russian-occupied Crimea. This time he was ‘only’ fined 750 roubles [just over 10 EUR] however the reason and the timing are disturbingly cynical.