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As Crimea's Tatars continue to resist Moscow's annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula, RFE/RL's Alsu Kurmashev and Robert Coalson have been looking at how the Kremlin has been relying on officials from the Republic of Tatarstan to convince them that life in Russia isn't so bad.
A small group of activists and local residents will gather in Kazan this weekend to mark the 70th anniversary of Josef Stalin's brutal deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944.
The May 18 gathering in Kazan to mark the Red Army's roundup of more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars, who were shipped in cattle cars to remote destinations in Russia and Soviet Central Asia, will take place without the participation of Tatarstan's pro-Kremlin authorities.
The small event in the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan illustrates the complex relations between the two Tatar communities -- relations that are further complicated by the Kremlin's efforts to use the loyal officials in Kazan to help minimize resistance from Crimean Tatars to Moscow's unrecognized annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula in March.
The May 18 gathering in Kazan to mark the Red Army's roundup of more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars, who were shipped in cattle cars to remote destinations in Russia and Soviet Central Asia, will take place without the participation of Tatarstan's pro-Kremlin authorities.
The small event in the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan illustrates the complex relations between the two Tatar communities -- relations that are further complicated by the Kremlin's efforts to use the loyal officials in Kazan to help minimize resistance from Crimean Tatars to Moscow's unrecognized annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula in March.
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But what happens if he wins?
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Separatists in Slovyansk deliver an ultimatum to Ukraine's armed forces: withdraw or else.
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Speaking in parliament in Kyiv about the ongoing offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the country's east, acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said:
"A hidden military base for terrorists near Kramatorsk was completely destroyed last night as part of the antiterrorist operation."
"A fortified area was attacked and destroyed overnight in Slovyansk and a 5-kilometer zone around the TV tower, which transmits Ukrainian television signals for the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and other areas of the Donetsk region, was completely cleared of terrorists."
"A fortified area was attacked and destroyed overnight in Slovyansk and a 5-kilometer zone around the TV tower, which transmits Ukrainian television signals for the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and other areas of the Donetsk region, was completely cleared of terrorists."
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