Another search conducted in the occupied Crimea

September 8, 2021

In the occupied Crimea, in Simferopol, in the village of Molodizhne, in the house the chairman of the Local Mejlis and a member of the Simferopol Regional Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Eldar Menseitov a search was conducted, after which he was taken away. He is now in the FSB building. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

On September 7 at 20:30, two unknown vehicles were seen. Then it became known that at midnight two cars and a Gazelle arrived at Karasu 6, in  Molodizhne . Neither Eldar Menseitov nor his family members answer calls.

On September 4, Russian security officials in the occupied Crimea detained 40 people who wanted to know about the fate of five Crimean Tatars.

Later it became known that Nariman Dzhelyal and cousins Aziz and Asan Akhtemov were suspected of complicity in the sabotage. The occupants claim that they are involved in the damage to the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalne, Simferopol district of Crimea.

Eldar Odamanov and Shevket Useinov were released after the search, but later they were detained again and an administrative protocol was drawn up gainst them. A Russian court in Crimea arrested Shevket Useinov and Eldar Odamanov for 14 and 15 days under Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code of Russia  for disobedience to the police.

On September 6, the so-called Russian court in the occupied Crimea arrested the first deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyalov, as well as the brothers Aziz and Asan Akhtemov for 2 months – until November 4, 2021.