Russian security forces detain 40 people in Crimea

September 4, 2021

On Saturday, September 4, Russian security officials in the occupied Crimea detained 40 people who wanted to know about the fate of five Crimean Tatars detained the day before. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

“Near the FSB building on Franko Street in Simferopol, 40 people were detained. Among them there are both men and women. Two civilian journalists of the Crimean Solidarity were also detained, and they are also the journalists of the Grani.ru media agency, Aider Kadyrov and Nuri Abdurashytov”,- the message said.

We remind you that on the night of September 4, in the occupied Crimea, the houses of the Crimean Tatars Eldar Odamanov and Aziz Akhtemov were searched in connection with the explosion in the village of Perevalne. The security forces confiscated the equipment and took the men with them. No one has information where the activists are. On the same night in the village of Pervomaiske, in the house of the first deputy Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyal, a search was conducted. The activist was detained.