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A Russian court in Crimea has convicted five Crimean Tatar activists of taking part in “mass disturbances” in February 2014 and handed them suspended prison sentences ranging from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 years.

The court in Simferopol, the capital of the Russian-controlled Ukrainian region, pronounced the verdicts and sentences on June 19.

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