A bill now before Ukraine’s parliament can, according to Crimean Tatar leader Refat Chubarov, finally end any dispute as to whom Crimea rightly belongs to. The law on regulating the status of the country’s main indigenous people – the Crimean Tatars – is long overdue, and is now especially urgent as it can provide a crucial lever against Russia’s occupation of Crimea and mounting repression.
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Halya Coynash: Ukraine’s law on the status of the Crimean Tatars should seriously worry Russia
People march for solidarity with Crimean Tatars who did a rally in 2014 near Crimean parliament as they protested Russian occupation of the peninsula on Feb. 26.
