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Aide to former Crimean Tatars leader detained at Chișinău airport.
Moldovan special services have detained Erol Veliiev, an aide to Mustafa Dzhemilev, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, at Chișinău airport.
Source : Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, on Facebook
Details : Chubarov said Veliyev had been detained at around 15:00 while passing the border control to return to Kyiv.
Quote from Chubarov : "Our particular concern is related to the fact that Erol Veliiev is an aide to Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev and one of the many Crimean Tatars included by Russia in the list of terrorists subject to arrest.
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Ukraine in Moldova have been informed of the situation. The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is taking other measures aimed at protecting the rights of Ukrainian citizen Erol Veliiev".
Background:
- In 2018, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Erol Veliiev of setting up an extremist group in Russian-occupied Crimea.
- Refat Chubarov explained that Kharkiv resident Oleksandr Steshenko, detained in occupied Crimea, had been tortured and forced to give the FSB the testimony it needed. Afterwards, Steshenko recorded a "confession" that Erol Veliiev, an aide to MP Mustafa Dzhemilev, had supposedly instructed him to set fire to the house of Crimean Mufti Emirali Ablaev, who is known to collaborate with Russia, in January 2018.
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