Russia raids madrasas and activists’ homes, say Crimea Tatars

SIMFEROPOL (AFP) – Crimea’s pro-Kyiv Tatar community, who are Muslim, on Tuesday, blasted a string of raids by the peninsula’s Kremlin-loyal authorities on Ukrainian activists as a “campaign of intimidation” in the region annexed by Russia in March. “Searches in Qur’anic schools, the homes of Tatar political and religious activists and pro-Ukrainian activists have become … Read more