Russian-imposed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea detained a Crimean Tatar religious leader, Ismail Yurdamov, after searching his home on December 13, the Crimean Solidarity human right groups says. The reasons for the search and detention remain unclear. Russian-installed police also searched the home of another Crimean Tatar activist, Rustem Mustafayev, saying they were looking for banned literature. Mustafayev was not detained. Since illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has imposed pressure on Crimean Tatars, the peninsula's indigenous ethnic group, many of whom openly protested the annexation. To read the original stories by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realities, click here and here.
Russian-Installed Police In Crimea Detain Crimean Tatar Religious Leader
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