Crimean news 80.
(Mass Media review for 16-21 October 2000).
(Articles
are abridged).
PM tells
about the results of his trip to Uzbekistan*.
S.Kunitsyn:
"The government will not take part in revolutions and conspiracies".
Ghosts of
Crimean catacombs bother the "brains" of Russia.
Trust in the
President, but rely on yourself.
It makes no
difficulty to die of AIDS today
Turkish
government allocates $1 million for financing PDIC*.
Turkish
government allocates $1 million for financing PDIC*.
Politics.
PM tells about
the results of his trip to Uzbekistan*.
On October 16,
the press conference of the Crimean Prime Minister devoted to his business trip
was held in the Council of Ministers. Delegation's program had a lot of issues
to discuss. They held several meetings, where they signed 10 Ukrainian-Uzbek
documents. As Kunitsyn believes, one of the most important results of the trip
was the document, which prolonged the terms of agreement about the simplified
procedure of denouncing Uzbek citizenship by the Crimean Tatars and acquiring
the Ukrainian till December 31, 2000. Currently, there are more then 100 thousand
Crimean Tatars living in Uzbekistan, 9 thousand of them have acquired the
Ukrainian citizenship. And the PM noted, in accordance with the legislation of
Uzbekistan, nonresidents of this republic effect payments for utilities, fares
and removing their things in US dollars. This issue was raised and prepared for
consideration by the Uzbek side after Sergey Kunitsyn had asked to.
Lentara Halilova, "Golos
Kryma" ("The Voice of Crimea"), #43 (362), 20 October 2000, p.1.
Our information: * See "Crimean news
79" about the official visit of Ukrainian delegation to Uzbekistan.
S.Kunitsyn:
"The government will not take part in revolutions and conspiracies".
The head of the
government, Sergey Kunitsyn, spoke about the last week's results at the
conference.
When answering
a question caused by rumors "about his possible removal to Kyiv",
Sergey Kunitsyn told the President of Ukraine had confirmed the words he had
said before that there were no reasons for dismissing the Crimean government
and its chairman.
As Sergey
Kunitsyn said the government would not take part in any revolutions and
conspiracies. In spite of the "de march of the seven"*, according to
Sergey Kunitsyn's words, today all its members professionally carry out their
responsibilities.
Oleg Shakhnyuk,
"Krymskaya Pravda", ("The Crimean Truth"), #190 (22603), 17
October 2000,
p.1.
Our information: *See "Crimean News 76,
77" about the dismissal of seven members of the Crimean government.
Ghosts of
Crimean catacombs bother the "brains" of Russia.
"Interfax"
agency has spread the following information: "The State Parliament has
approved of the idea of the vice-speaker of LDPR* fraction, Vladimir
Zhyrinovskiy, and given the commission to the committee for international
affairs to ask for official information from MFA RF** and Overseas Secret
Service about the fact of Turkey's armor delivery to Crimea.
V.Zhyrinovskiy
emphasized that according to the data he had, the armor was hidden in the
Crimean catacombs. He also added there has been a big flow of foreign citizens,
in particular, form Jordan coming to Crimea and this "foreign expansion
reminded the situation in Afghanistan in 1999".
The press group
of State Administration of Security Service of Ukraine has quickly responded
and refuted such unreasonable statements***.
The parliament
speaker, Leonid Grach, is busy with some other, more important issue -
preparations for the session, so he refused to comment this statement.
The chairman of
Council of Ministers, Sergey Kunitsyn, offered the following evaluation:
"…Knowing Vladimir Volvovich, I think, we can expect any kind of
statements from him… My evaluation is as follows: a single mistake made by a
politician of this level, a word may lead to the most unpredictable
consequences…"
The chairman of
Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev said the followings:
"This is nothing but the next in turn Mr. Zhyrinovskiy's statement of
provocation. He has already introduced this kind of statements before. It is
aimed at creating tension on the peninsula. Some of our neighbors don't like
that we haven't got our own Chechnya in here. But they wish it were this way.
As far as the practical side is concerned, it is absurd to say that they bring
armor from Turkey to Crimea because if there is really a necessity of having
armor, then it is possible to find any kind of armor on the territory of
Ukraine, which will cost 5-6 times cheaper. It is even possible to buy armor at
a cheaper price in Russia. True, they don't mention the people buying the
armor, but it is easy to read about them between the lines. The Crimean Tatars
have never resorted to armor. We address our issues by means of other ways. As
far as our catacombs, where they hide something are concerned, this is our home
business. Let the Russians seek anything in their catacombs, but we have our
own Security Service for that matter. Speaking of Jordan's citizens coming to
Crimea, tens thousands of people of different nationalities from different
countries come here. And in any case there are much more people coming from
Russia than from Jordan".
The ambassador
of Turkey to Ukraine, Alp Karaosmanoglu responded as follows: "This is a
kind of misinformation. Zhyrinovskiy often makes this kind of statements and
this is one of them. Turkey works on addressing issues related to Crimea and
Crimean Tatars. Zhyrinovskiy may often make this kind of moves. I sea the
reason of his statement in the fact that Ukraine was not very friendly with him
during his last coming here. And he
has always liked being the center of attention".
F.Tarsinova, "Golos
Kryma", ("The Voice of Crimea"), #43 (362), 20 October 2000,
p.1.
Our information: *LDPR is the
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia. It is headed by Vladimir Volvovich
Zhyrinovskiy, who is famous for his eccentric character.
**MFA RF stands for Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation.
***See "Crimean
news79" about the official statement of Main Administration of Security
Service of Ukraine in Crimea on this issue.
Land
reform.
Trust in the
President, but rely on yourself.
The next in
turn sitting of working group for the problems of deportees was held under the
leadership of the Regular Representative of The President of Ukraine in Crimea,
Anatoliy Korneychuk. They also discussed the issue of satisfying the deportees,
living in rural zone, by allotting land plots for them.
The talks were
rather rough. The representative of the state head is not satisfied with the
way this problem is being solved. The heads of district state administrations
haven't satisfied the demands, foreseen by the minutes of commissions, which
was signed in September 2000 at the widened sitting of the working group.
According to this document, the parties* have agreed upon joint actions on
addressing the problems of giving land plots to deportees, living in the rural
zone and having remained without land because of certain reasons. As the
practice has proved, today there is no synonymous way out of this problem, so
it is necessary to seek different variants of solutions. One of the ways out
has been found in Bakhchisaray district. They have prepared the list of people
willing to voluntarily share their land plots with deportees. There are some
more complicated villages having problems without reserve land. Their dwellers
have to seek some other unusual ways of solution.
Taking into
account the present situation, the president's representative has received a
commission to gather information about the way the heads of district state
administrations fulfill the minutes adopted on September 27, 2000 in order to
find out where the heads consciously sabotage this decision's implementation.
Republic committee on land resources together with the Ministry of agriculture
complex of Crimea have received a commission to analyze the proposals of the
Crimean Tatar people's representatives' Council and report their conclusions.
Mariya Lashkina,
"Krymskaya Gazeta" ("The Crimean newspaper"), #193 (16049),
19 October 2000, p.2.
Our information: *This minutes was signed by
the Regular Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Crimea and the
President's Council of Crimean Tatar people's representatives at the joint
sitting of the working group.
Social
sphere, healthcare.
It makes no
difficulty to die of AIDS today
Unless
you know about it and remember all the time
As the head of
the Ukrainian center for prophylactics and fight against AIDS, Alla
Ssherbinskaya has informed, Ukraine is the European epicenter of AIDS. Today,
there are 3191 people registered in Ukraine suffering from this disease. 1635
have fallen ill and nearly half of them are dead by now. According to the specialists'
evaluation, 1,5 million people will die of AIDS in Ukraine.
The spread of
this horrifying disease has turned into a real epidemic during last five years.
Different categories of citizens suffer from it. These are first of all young
and able-bodied people. The infection has gone out of so called "risk
groups" and is being spread among people with a pace quicker then in the
Central and Eastern Europe.
Acute condition
has been observed in Crimea as well. 193 patients have been made an AIDS
diagnosis since 1987 and 93 of them have died of it. And the main
AIDS-indicator disease in 75% of the cases is tuberculosis.
Researches
evidence that the spreading rate of the disease among drug-users has reached
27,2%. The proportion of falling ill by sexual relations has increased from
10,3% in 1996 to 31,6% Youngsters make up a considerable part of them.
The Ministry of
Crimea within the frameworks of regional program purchases medical instruments
for curing-prophylactics establishments of Crimea. The heads of curing
establishments cannot purchase necessary quantity of disinfecting means,
medical instruments and sterilizing equipment because of a very poor budget
financing.
Yelena Ozeryan,
"Krymskaya Pravda" ("The Crimean Truth"), #190 (22603), 17
October 2000, p.1-3.
25 Crimean Tatar families, living in basements will have got
accommodated flats by the end of the year. Totally, there are 80 families
living in basements in Yevpatoriya today.
The removal of
people from basements has become possible owing to the financial support of
Administration of chief commissar for refugees in UN and European commission
for reconstruction. Two houses with 25 flats have been reconstructed in
Yevpatoriya with the help of these organizations.
The Administration
of the chief commissar of UN has expressed its willingness to continue the work
on removing people from basements they are compelled to live in. Under this
support, international organizations can allocate facilities only for
reconstruction of houses but they do not finance construction of new buildings.
Currently,
there are 12 basements in Yevpatoriya accommodated for deportees' living.
Valentin Kostrov,
"Krymskaya gazeta" ("The Crimean newspaper"), #193 (16049),
19 October 2000, p.2.
Turkish government
allocates $1 million for financing PDIC*.
Turkish
government allocates $1 million for financing the Program of Development and
Integration of Crimea (PDIC), reported Turkish embassy.
The agreement
upon this issue was signed by the representatives of Turkish embassy and the
Regular Council of UN, whose goal is to distribute the allocated facilities.
These
facilities will allow including new Crimean districts into the program, and
helping address the problem of water main and sewer as well.
Turkish government
provides support to the Crimean Tatars on a two-way basis through the Agency of
international collaboration of Turkey***.
Interfax-Ukraine,
"Krymskiye izvestiya" ("The Crimean news"), #195 (2199), 21
October 2000, p.7.
Our information: *PDIC stands for the Program
of Development and Integration of Crimea.
**See "Crimean news
79" on the details of PDIC UN.
***This support is giving
loans for redeeming housing by poor Crimean Tatars.
History.
Two-times
hero: we still remember him.
On October 25,
we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of a legendary pilot, Soviet
Union two-times hero, Amet-han Sultan.
Solemn measures
will be held in Alupka (hero's motherland) on this day. The program will
consist of brass bend's performance, laying flowers to the hero's memorial,
meeting, and presentation of a documentary film about a brave son of the
Crimean Tatar people and a big concert of art masters and collectives of folk
art.
Valeriy Turov, "Krymskaya
gazeta"("The Crimean newspaper"), #192 (16048), 18 October 2000,
p.4.