Majlis to be put under ban in Crimea

Natalia Poklonskaya, prosecutor of Crimea, has gone into court in order to ban the Majlis of Crimean Tatars in the Russian peninsula. According to her,
the Majlis will be put under a ban as per article 9 of the federal law on counteraction against extremist activity.

It is the Crimean Tatar population that has been asking the Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea to recognize activities of the Majlis, which is not registered in Russia, as illegal and provocative. Prior to the reunification of Crimea with Russia in March 2014 the Majlis was supported by western powers, via Turkey, in an attempt to ensure that Russia could not once again gain control of the strategic peninsula.