{"id":223015,"date":"2023-03-16T19:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org9-years-ago-russian-occupants-held-an-illegal-referendum-in-crimea"},"modified":"2023-03-16T19:16:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:16:15","slug":"9-years-ago-russian-occupants-held-an-illegal-referendum-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctrcenter.org\/en\/9-years-ago-russian-occupants-held-an-illegal-referendum-in-crimea","title":{"rendered":"9 years ago, Russian occupants held an illegal referendum in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xfmc2\">Nine years ago, on March 16,\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>, the Russian occupants at gunpoint held a so-called referendum in Crimea on the status of the peninsula, as a result of which Russia included Crimea in its composition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">Hundreds of thousands of people of different\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">ethnicities<\/span>, at the call of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, boycotted the referendum. All the so-called polling stations in places densely populated by Crimean Tatars were completely empty, and in some settlements they were completely closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">The indigenous people of Crimea, the Crimean Tatars, by boycotting the referendum, clearly outlined their position and their right to self-determination in accordance with international law. The UN General Assembly declared the referendum illegal. The European Union, the US and a number of other countries have also acknowledged that the referendum is null and void.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">\u201cMy position was fundamental: I said that a people that has been waging a long-term non-violent struggle, relying on international law, cannot in any way support a country that violates the sovereignty of an entire state and violates international law<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d,-<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Head<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">of the<\/span>\u00a0Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eskender Bariiev<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0recalls<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">Bariiev notes that the actions of the representative body of the Crimean Tatars and the entire Crimean Tatar people in those days were very important and significant. So, on March 15,\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, on the initiative of Bariiev, adopted an appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the entire Ukrainian people. And thanks to this appeal, on March 20,\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the Crimean Tatars as the indigenous people of Crimea, and the Mejlis and Kurultai of the Crimean Tatars as representative bodies of the people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/foto-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe fact that the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and all Crimean Tatars, by their appeal, self-determined that they support the sovereignty of the Ukrainian state, is an important and necessary tool throughout these 9 years of struggle\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\">,-<\/span>\u00a0Bari<span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>ev notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn March 16,\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>, personally with my brother Anatol<span lang=\"EN-US\">ii<\/span>\u00a0Kovalsk<span lang=\"EN-US\">y<\/span>y, I was in the basement of the military registration and enlistment office in Simferopol, where we were forcibly held by Russian agents and collaborators. On the night of 16\/17, the Crimean Berkut guards mocked us as prisoners, betraying the oath of Ukraine and going over to the side of the enemy, the aggressor country of the Russian Federation\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\">,-\u00a0<\/span>says Andr<span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>i Shchekun, representative of the Regional Council of Ukrainians of Crimea, coordinator of the Humanitarian Policy group of the Crimean Platform expert network.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Andr<span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>i Shchekun believes that the consequences of that day should be analyzed and conclusions drawn. It is important to document all the anti-state actions of that day. This must be done professionally in order to provide a legal framework with facts for the future consideration of the case in the International Tribunal, which should be formed and consider cases of Russian crimes on the territory of sovereign independent Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/foto_2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The expert emphasizes that even then the occupants understood that they did not have the proper support for their plan among the population of Crimea: that is why the date of the referendum\u201d was postponed several times from May 25 to March 16. But even this did not help them much: according to the Russian special services, no more than a third of the population of the Crimean peninsula took part in the farce called the all-Crimean referendum, although the occupiers are constantly trying to spread lies about the participation of the vast majority of the population &#8211; more than 80%.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe majority of UN members supported Ukraine in its assessment of this referendum and on March 27,\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>\u00a0adopted UN General Assembly resolution 68\/262 on non-recognition of the legality of this \u201creferendum\u201d and supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders. In fact, they confirmed: Crimea is Ukraine!\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\">,-<\/span>\u00a0the lawyer notes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/foto-6-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is ridiculous to say, as the Kremlin inmates like to do, that, they say, in\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>\u00a0Crimea made its historical choice in favor of Russia. Despite the fact that pro-Russian sentiments have always been noticeable in Crimea (well, how could it be without them, since after the expulsion of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people in\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"1944\">1944<\/span>, Moscow settled the peninsula with immigrants from the interior regions of Russia), the number of supporters of the Russian status of Crimea at the end of\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2013\">2013<\/span>\u00a0among the inhabitants Crimea did not exceed 30-34%,\u201d emphasizes the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20210729133704-9813.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>International lawyer, former representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Bor<span lang=\"EN-US\">y<\/span>s Babin notes that the fakes of the aggressor with the criminal Crimean referendum of\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2014\">2014<\/span>\u00a0have never been perceived by the states and peoples of the world as having anything to do with the expression of will or democracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">\u201cThe repetition of this farce in the dimension of the same criminal referendums during the attempted annexation by Russia of the four mainland regions of Ukraine in\u00a0<span data-ukrnet-code=\"2022\">2022<\/span>\u00a0is direct evidence that the Kremlin\u2019s aggression, Nazism and imperialism can and must be stopped without delay\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\">,-<\/span>\u00a0he adds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/babin-borys.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">Now the ninth anniversary of the occupation of Crimea and the year of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine have passed. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center calls on the international community and international organizations to increase pressure on the Russian Federation and the occupation authorities of Crimea in order to de-occupy the peninsula and all territories of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfmc2\">We fought then, we will win now!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctrcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photo_5233377282234631921_y.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years ago, on March 16,\u00a02014, the Russian occupants at gunpoint held a so-called referendum in Crimea on the status of the peninsula, as a result of which Russia included Crimea in its composition. Hundreds of thousands of people of different\u00a0ethnicities, at the call of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, boycotted the referendum. 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