Dmytro Kuleba said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I'm absolutely confident that Russia will eventually withdraw from Crimea, that Ukraine will regain its sovereignty, Crimean Tatars will return to the peninsula and will enjoy living on their native soil,"

unian-en Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:41:00 PM EAT

Peter Stano added ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The EU expects Russia to end the pressure on the Crimean Tatar community. International human rights standards must be guaranteed in the peninsula,"

haberler-en Friday, September 18, 2020 5:59:00 PM EAT

Iryna Gerashchenko wrote ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "According to preliminary information, the Kremlin's political prisoners gathered together to congratulate each other on the anniversary of their liberation. There was a Russian-speaking company nearby. Volodia made a remark, it looks like these people could then track him down .... I received this information from [Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Ukrainian MP] Akhtem Chiygoz,"

interfax-ua-en Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Hakan Kirimli said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "They wanted the Crimean Tatars to completely disappear from history, and they even removed the phrase 'Crimean Tatar' from the records, saying that there would be no such people again"

haberler-en Thursday, June 4, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Mustafa Dzhemilev said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I should say that Russia categorically opposes the release of Crimean Tatars. Secondly, we have rather idea-driven people there. If they find out that they would be exchanged for bandits, they may even refuse,"

interfax-ua-en Tuesday, March 10, 2020 3:40:00 PM EAT

Oleg Sentsov told ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Every time, when some of you think about stretching out a hand of friendship to Putin over our heads, you should remember each of the 13,000 killed in Ukraine, the hundreds of our boys kept in prisons, who may be tortured as we speak, the Crimean Tatar, who may at this very moment be arrested,”

euractiv-eu-fr Tuesday, November 26, 2019 7:32:00 PM EAT

Philip Hanson explained ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “The prodigious sums spent on the Kerch Bridge have been criticised; not so much the subsidies to the Crimean economy,”

worldfinance Monday, October 28, 2019 10:18:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “I would say that over the past few years that they've been in existence, they've really developed their blogging skills in a very impressive manner. If you want to know what's happening with human rights in Crimea, your first source of information is Crimean Solidarity,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina stated ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Apart from those few Russian journalists who travel to Crimea on a regular basis, who also naturally work with them, Crimean Solidarity is the only permanent source of information who is constantly on the ground there,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina concluded ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “those who happen to be particularly and vocally active in opposing the occupation. There is only one way to view this, and that is that these bogus arrests were aimed at silencing Crimean Solidarity and intimidating the activists into silence,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Valentina Matvienko said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "What are our enemies trying to do from the outside now? They are doing everything possible to sow inter-ethnic and inter-religious discord in Crimea. They are distributing made-up news, trying to fan tensions with the help of extremists, and so on. However, this does not succeed, as there is a different basis, different foundation. There are Crimean residents who want to leave in peace and accord,"

itartass_en Tuesday, June 4, 2019 12:19:00 AM EAT

Chrystia Freeland said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Canada remains deeply concerned by the dire human-rights situation on the Crimean peninsula, which is under continued and illegal Russian occupation, as well as by the mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar people and the destruction of their historic sites,"

thespec Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:17:00 AM EAT

Chrystia Freeland said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Canada remains deeply concerned by the dire human-rights situation on the Crimean peninsula, which is under continued and illegal Russian occupation, as well as by the mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar people and the destruction of their historic sites,"

timescolonist Tuesday, May 21, 2019 11:56:00 PM EAT

Mustafa Dzhemilev said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Crimean Tatars mark this day of deportation. This is a terrible date in the history of Crimean Tatars”

edmontonjournal Sunday, May 19, 2019 4:59:00 AM EAT

Team summed up ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "We believe that this role and perspective should not be based on empty political promises. We are convinced that the Crimean Tatar people should receive a concrete plan of support and guarantees from the state and its western partners. We are confident that Crimean Tatars will have a clear prospect for a free life together with the independent Ukraine,"

unian-en Tuesday, April 16, 2019 11:24:00 AM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,"

unian-en Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,"

rferl Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,”

HumanRightsWatch Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:58:00 AM EAT

Federica Mogherini said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The European Union does not and will not recognize the holding of elections by the Russian Federation in the Crimean peninsula,"

interfax-ua-en Monday, March 18, 2019 1:53:00 PM EAT

Vasyl Hrytsak said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "In addition, the Crimean Tatars who do not recognize the legitimacy of the Russian occupying authorities since 2014 are extremely persecuted, including for religious convictions. Since 2014, the FSB of the Russian Federation has opened criminal cases against more than 130 Crimean Tatar activists,"

unian-en Monday, February 18, 2019 10:28:00 PM EAT

Hugh Williamson said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Russian authorities in Crimea have relentlessly persecuted Crimean Tatars for their vocal opposition to Russia's occupation since it began in 2014,"

refworld Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:28:00 PM EAT

Hugh Williamson said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "It is good news that Chiygoz and Umerov are no longer at risk, but it's also outrageous that they have had to go into exile to bring their ordeal to an end, and that others in Crimea remain incarcerated," "Russia's international partners need to press the Kremlin and Crimean authorities end the persecution of the Crimean Tatar community"

refworld Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:28:00 PM EAT

Stella Kyriakides said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "As representatives of the Mejlis, an important and traditional structure of the Crimean Tatar community, their liberation is a step in the right direction,"

aa-en Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:53:00 PM EAT

Stella Kyriakides said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I welcome the release of Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov. As representatives of the Mejlis, an important and traditional structure of the Crimean Tatar Community, their liberation is a step in the right direction,"

itartass_en Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:25:00 PM EAT

Nikolai Polozov said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Their release became possible thanks to the support of those who are not indifferent to political prisoners, who are not indifferent to Crimean Tatars,"

rferl Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:59:00 PM EAT

Nikolai Polozov said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Neither Akhtem Chiygoz nor Ilmi Umerov asked for clemency or amnesty," "They are heroes of the Crimean Tatar people -- Ukrainian political prisoners for whom moral principles and conscience are more important than their own liberty. They are not people one can force to go on bended knee and ask for mercy from the Russian state"

rferl Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:59:00 PM EAT

Dmytro Kuleba said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I'm absolutely confident that Russia will eventually withdraw from Crimea, that Ukraine will regain its sovereignty, Crimean Tatars will return to the peninsula and will enjoy living on their native soil,"

unian-en Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:41:00 PM EAT

Peter Stano added ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The EU expects Russia to end the pressure on the Crimean Tatar community. International human rights standards must be guaranteed in the peninsula,"

haberler-en Friday, September 18, 2020 5:59:00 PM EAT

Iryna Gerashchenko wrote ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "According to preliminary information, the Kremlin's political prisoners gathered together to congratulate each other on the anniversary of their liberation. There was a Russian-speaking company nearby. Volodia made a remark, it looks like these people could then track him down .... I received this information from [Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Ukrainian MP] Akhtem Chiygoz,"

interfax-ua-en Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Hakan Kirimli said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "They wanted the Crimean Tatars to completely disappear from history, and they even removed the phrase 'Crimean Tatar' from the records, saying that there would be no such people again"

haberler-en Thursday, June 4, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Mustafa Dzhemilev said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I should say that Russia categorically opposes the release of Crimean Tatars. Secondly, we have rather idea-driven people there. If they find out that they would be exchanged for bandits, they may even refuse,"

interfax-ua-en Tuesday, March 10, 2020 3:40:00 PM EAT

Oleg Sentsov told ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Every time, when some of you think about stretching out a hand of friendship to Putin over our heads, you should remember each of the 13,000 killed in Ukraine, the hundreds of our boys kept in prisons, who may be tortured as we speak, the Crimean Tatar, who may at this very moment be arrested,”

euractiv-eu-fr Tuesday, November 26, 2019 7:32:00 PM EAT

Philip Hanson explained ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “The prodigious sums spent on the Kerch Bridge have been criticised; not so much the subsidies to the Crimean economy,”

worldfinance Monday, October 28, 2019 10:18:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “I would say that over the past few years that they've been in existence, they've really developed their blogging skills in a very impressive manner. If you want to know what's happening with human rights in Crimea, your first source of information is Crimean Solidarity,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina stated ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Apart from those few Russian journalists who travel to Crimea on a regular basis, who also naturally work with them, Crimean Solidarity is the only permanent source of information who is constantly on the ground there,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Tanya Lokshina concluded ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “those who happen to be particularly and vocally active in opposing the occupation. There is only one way to view this, and that is that these bogus arrests were aimed at silencing Crimean Solidarity and intimidating the activists into silence,”

globalvoicesonline Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Valentina Matvienko said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "What are our enemies trying to do from the outside now? They are doing everything possible to sow inter-ethnic and inter-religious discord in Crimea. They are distributing made-up news, trying to fan tensions with the help of extremists, and so on. However, this does not succeed, as there is a different basis, different foundation. There are Crimean residents who want to leave in peace and accord,"

itartass_en Tuesday, June 4, 2019 12:19:00 AM EAT

Chrystia Freeland said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Canada remains deeply concerned by the dire human-rights situation on the Crimean peninsula, which is under continued and illegal Russian occupation, as well as by the mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar people and the destruction of their historic sites,"

thespec Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:17:00 AM EAT

Chrystia Freeland said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Canada remains deeply concerned by the dire human-rights situation on the Crimean peninsula, which is under continued and illegal Russian occupation, as well as by the mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar people and the destruction of their historic sites,"

timescolonist Tuesday, May 21, 2019 11:56:00 PM EAT

Mustafa Dzhemilev said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “Crimean Tatars mark this day of deportation. This is a terrible date in the history of Crimean Tatars”

edmontonjournal Sunday, May 19, 2019 4:59:00 AM EAT

Team summed up ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "We believe that this role and perspective should not be based on empty political promises. We are convinced that the Crimean Tatar people should receive a concrete plan of support and guarantees from the state and its western partners. We are confident that Crimean Tatars will have a clear prospect for a free life together with the independent Ukraine,"

unian-en Tuesday, April 16, 2019 11:24:00 AM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,"

unian-en Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,"

rferl Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Rachel Denber said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : “The sweeping arrests in Crimea aim to portray politically active Crimean Tatars as terrorists as a way to silence them,”

HumanRightsWatch Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:58:00 AM EAT

Federica Mogherini said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "The European Union does not and will not recognize the holding of elections by the Russian Federation in the Crimean peninsula,"

interfax-ua-en Monday, March 18, 2019 1:53:00 PM EAT

Vasyl Hrytsak said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "In addition, the Crimean Tatars who do not recognize the legitimacy of the Russian occupying authorities since 2014 are extremely persecuted, including for religious convictions. Since 2014, the FSB of the Russian Federation has opened criminal cases against more than 130 Crimean Tatar activists,"

unian-en Monday, February 18, 2019 10:28:00 PM EAT

Hugh Williamson said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Russian authorities in Crimea have relentlessly persecuted Crimean Tatars for their vocal opposition to Russia's occupation since it began in 2014,"

refworld Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:28:00 PM EAT

Hugh Williamson said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "It is good news that Chiygoz and Umerov are no longer at risk, but it's also outrageous that they have had to go into exile to bring their ordeal to an end, and that others in Crimea remain incarcerated," "Russia's international partners need to press the Kremlin and Crimean authorities end the persecution of the Crimean Tatar community"

refworld Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:28:00 PM EAT

Stella Kyriakides said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "As representatives of the Mejlis, an important and traditional structure of the Crimean Tatar community, their liberation is a step in the right direction,"

aa-en Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:53:00 PM EAT

Stella Kyriakides said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "I welcome the release of Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov. As representatives of the Mejlis, an important and traditional structure of the Crimean Tatar Community, their liberation is a step in the right direction,"

itartass_en Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:25:00 PM EAT

Nikolai Polozov said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Their release became possible thanks to the support of those who are not indifferent to political prisoners, who are not indifferent to Crimean Tatars,"

rferl Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:59:00 PM EAT

Nikolai Polozov said ( about Crimean Tatar ) : "Neither Akhtem Chiygoz nor Ilmi Umerov asked for clemency or amnesty," "They are heroes of the Crimean Tatar people -- Ukrainian political prisoners for whom moral principles and conscience are more important than their own liberty. They are not people one can force to go on bended knee and ask for mercy from the Russian state"

rferl Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:59:00 PM EAT