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Nariman Dzhelyalov, deputy mayor of the Crimean Tatar People's Party, believes that the occupied Crimea is preparing to put pressure on the Crimean lawyers involved in the protection of Ukrainian sailors occupied by Russia
He wrote this on his Facebook page
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We can expect a new pressure on lawyers, such as Feigina , Polozova, Kurbedinova, Benyasha and others, with the aim of encouraging them at least to refuse Protecting the prisoners of war of Ukrainian seamen or, at most, deprive them of the right to practice law
– wrote Jelalov
He stressed that this would have more serious consequences leaving no protection to dozens of current and future political prisoners
As pointed out by Jelyalov, it is hollow The Russian authorities and their subordinates in Crimea did not expect Crimean residents, including Crimean lawyers, to help protect Ukrainian seamen.
"I am sure the leadership of Crimea this fact was perceived almost as a personal offense, another sabotage of a propaganda image of the general consensus and prosperity in Crimea", – added the chief Deputy Majlis.
According to Jelalov, 34 defense lawyers work for a team in charge of protecting Ukrainian prisoners of war. 13 lawyers from Crimea and 18 from Moscow. Three other reservists –
Recall that on January 15 in Moscow, the court extended the arrest of 20 Ukrainian captive sailors. Four of them will be in detention until 24 and 16 April. The next day, January 16, the court extended the duration of the arrest of 4 other Ukrainian seamen until April 24.
It should be noted that the seamen's lawyers had been instructed to refer the cases of the Ukrainians to a military court because they were prisoners of war. However, the Russian court rejected this request.
How did Ukrainian sailors become Russian prisoners of war? On November 25, 2018, the Russian border ship made an attack on the tug of the Ukrainian army in the Kerch Strait. This tug was one of three Ukrainian warships that legally traveled from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol.
Despite this, Russia reported that Ukrainian vessels illegally entered the waters of the temporarily closed Russian territorial sea and would have reached the Kerch Strait.
After the attack, Ukrainian ships continued to go to Mariupol. However, leaving the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships fired on Ukrainian ships. Because of this, six Ukrainian soldiers were injured.
Russia seized 2 Ukrainian ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors. They were then arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to a Moscow SIZO. All Ukrainian sailors announced the opening of an investigation into Russian prisoners of war.
The preliminary survey on seamen will continue in Russia until May 25th. And their lawyers predict that the trial of Ukrainians in Russia will not start sooner than a year later.
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