Media: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people will continue to work in Kiev – RIA Novosti

19:29 26.04.2016

(updated: 19:32 26.04.2016 )

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KIEV, April 26 -. RIA Novosti After the ban in Russia Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, will continue its work in Kiev, said on Tuesday the agency UNIAN referring to the chairman of the organization, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Refat Chubarov.

The Supreme court on Tuesday declared Crimea Mejlis extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The claim of the Majlis ban, whose leaders, Ukrainian policy Chubarov and Mustafa Cemil, organized food and energy blockade of the peninsula, he entered the court by the prosecutor of the Crimea Natalia Poklonsky.

“I, as chairman of the Majlis, based on the Majlis decision of February 19, 2016, issued a decree on state of emergency regime of the activities of the national self-government of the Crimean Tatar people under temporary occupation of the Crimea “- quoted by UNIAN words Chubarov

He said that in Kiev will be located Majlis headquarters. , the newspaper notes

Majlis -. it is the executive body of kurultai (national congress), who identifies himself with the representative authority of the Crimean Tatar people. The leaders of the Majlis, the Ukrainian politicians Chubarov and Dzhemilev, opposed the reunification of the Crimea with Russia and left the peninsula. Because of extremist statements, inciting ethnic hatred, in 2014, followed in five years, was denied entry to Russia.

Crimea again became Russian region after held there in March 2014 referendum in which the majority of residents were in favor of entry into the Russian Federation. Crimean authorities held a referendum after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014, when came to power politics, in solidarity with the nationalist, including Russophobic, forces. Ukraine still considers its Crimea, but temporarily occupied territory.