Crimean news
41.
(Mass Media survey for 17-22 January 2000).
The material
is given in an abridged form.
General Moskal apologized for his people.
“About unlawful actions of the Crimean
militia”
Karasubazar is preparing for protest
actions
On the instructions of the President
Some words about the privileges of getting
the citizenship of Ukraine.
Work is not alive but it runs away
The more languages there are - the merrier.
Politics.
General Moskal apologized for his people.
On January 11
Representatives of investigations administration of MA MIA of Ukraine in the
Crimea, accompanied by a group of special sub-unit descended on Mejilis
building on Shmidta Street They took out all the bookkeeping documents of
“Kirim” Fund located in the same building
The hunting
for fund receipts began a weak before this non-precedent invasion. Authorized
persons visited the General director of fund Riza Shevkiyev on January 4
proposing to give all the documentation, dated back to the fund establishment.
Being astonished by these demands, Riza Shevkiyev explained that the financial
activity of "Krym" Fund is controlled by corresponding organs, and proposed
to present documents of a definite period and also a room, where in the
presence of accountant and under his help the Investigations Administration
officials could be introduced with the papers they were interested in.
The same day,
R.Shevkiyev met investigator Selyametova and answered the questions she was
eager to know. It is noteworthy, that the resolution of Investigations
Administration, given to fund director, mentions the fact of state facilities
embezzlement, which were supposedly put to the cash-box of "Krym"
Fund by A.Suleymanov who is under investigation now. As Riza Shevkiyev states,
he really gave the receipt to A.Suleymanov after he had brought the money to
the cash-box. But it was returning of a debt to a private person and it was
impossible to speak about any kind of embezzlement. Obviously, these
explanations did not satisfy either the investigator or his leadership.
"The law
offenders" arrived at the beginning of the working day. Having cordoned
off the Mejlis building, bursting into the building itself, they presented the
same resolution to the fund director and stated that they were going to take
out the documents. Obviously, the operative group received rather strict
orders, because Riza Shevkiyev's proposal to send an inspector and study all
the papers they were interested in at the building was left with no answer.
Having gathered all the papers into sacks and having not even taken a trouble
to enlist withdrawn documents, the secret militia agents packed sacks and
stated that they were going to enlist the documents in militia, at the
investigator's. So, they again broke their own rules and the law also.
The fact that
the head of MA MIA of Ukraine in the Crimea had no idea about what happened is
quite interesting too. The first time he heard about the incident, as he
states, was when he met the national deputy Mustafa Djemilev in President's
representatives. General stated that he had not given such an order; on the
contrary he charged colonel Refat Kenjaliyev and his sub-units to conduct the
given case in order to avoid accusations of preconception.
General
Gennadiy Moskal visited Mejlis in order to look into the given case on January
12. All the officials who were engaged in the investigation accompanied him.
During his discussion with the chairman and members of Mejlis Gennadiy Moskal
stated several times that he accepted violations and tactical mistakes, made by
officials of security organs on January 11. He also added that the guilty would
get corresponding penalty. He emphasized that militia did not pursue any
political ends, it did not interfere the activity of Mejlis and was not going
to do that at all. Even though having admitted unlawful actions of the
investigation group, G.Moskal did not promise to return the documents the way
the were taken out and the way Mejlis demanded it. "Krym" Fund
director and accountant were proposed to come to the Investigations
Administration and find out which documents had any relation to the case.
The Fund
leader and accountant came to the investigator on 13 January. As Riza Shevkiyev
says, all the seals on sacks was dangling freely either because it was not well
stuck or by some other reason. In the presence of them and witnesses th
investigator looked through all the documents, took out only the expense
warrant of giving the loan dangling modifier, better – to Molla Ismail under
TIKA program. Riza Shevkiyev regards this fact as an absurd one since giving a
loan is a process that should be controlled by numerous organizations and
commissions. Other papers were returned.
It is perhaps
early to say that the incident is over now. "Krym" Fund General
director is not sure that some financial documents have not vanished and some
other "new" ones have not appeared. Besides, collection of Fund's
activity information is made in all regions of the Crimea. And even if we are
not speaking about some other Crimean Tatar representative organ's activity, we
can notice a vivid parallel in his words.
The Crimean
Tatar Mejlis chairman, Mustafa Djemilev, who is also the Fund President
expressed an extreme indignation at actions of the Crimean militia. He
considered the event as the next provocation, which injuries authority of
Mejlis and blackens the activity of "Krym" Fund. Mustafa Djemilev
stated that only patience of their compatriots helped to maintain peace on
their peninsula since, the same sentence the Crimean Tatars are interested in a
peaceful co-existence of nationalities living in the Crimea.
Gulnara Kerimova, "Avdet", #1 (235), 19
January 2000, p.1.
On 11 January
2000 at about 10 a.m. Crimean militia
invaded the building where the Crimean Tatar nation’s Mejlis and “Krym” Fund
are located. Moreover, officials in uniforms and in civilian clothes,
threatened people, provoked a conflict, carried out a search and an
unsanctioned video recording, withdrew and took out documentation. The reason
for the invasion was the investigator's resolution to withdraw documents of
“Krym” Fund, made on the ground of the fact that Abmedjit Suleymanov supposedly
paid stolen money to the Fund cash-box. Militia took out all the documentation
they could find at the director’s office, with a rude violation of an existing
procedure, without drawing up the necessary protocol, without necessary participance
of an investigator, without any witnesses, without recording the details of
withdrawn documents.
Meeting of
M.Djemilev and the head of MA MIA of Ukraine in Crimea, G.Moskal took place at
the Crimean Tatar nation’s Mejlis office on January 12. The deputy of
President’s representative in Crimea R.Havadji, senior investigator of economic
crimes E.Selyametova, Mejlis members, representatives of regional Mejilises and
Mass Media workers also took part in the meeting.
M.Djemilev
abruptly convicted the actions of security organs and emphasized, “that only
patience of the Crimean Tatars did prevent increasing of the conflict.
E.Kurtiyeva and A.Suleymanova are trying to blacken Mejlis using the
investigation of criminal case”.
G.G.Moskal
commented the situation and emphasized that the security organs really made
unlawful actions. He also promised that an official investigation would be
carried out?
The next in
turn sitting of the Crimean Tatar nation’s Mejlis took place on January 15, The
problems of security organs’ unlawful actions regarding to the public charity
organization Fund “Krym” were discussed there. The preparations for the actions
dealing with actions dealing with the 56th anniversary of the
Crimean Tatar deportation were also discussed there.
The sitting
participants adopted the Declaration of the Crimean Tatar nation’s Mejlis
“About unlawful actions of the Crimean militia”. They also created a working
group for preparing the actions related to the 56th anniversary of the
Crimean Tatar nation’s deportation.
“Avdet”, #1 (235), 19 January 2000, p.1.
The
Crimean Tatar nation’s Declaration
“About
unlawful actions of the Crimean militia”
The Crimean
Tatar nation’s Mejlis building had to undergo one more attack on 11 January
2000. As opposed to to the last attack on 15 January 1999, when Mejlis building
was set on fire by inflammatory bottles, thrown by still “unknown persons” ,
this time Mejlis was openly attacked by Crimean security organs. Several dozens
of Tommy-gunners of MA MIA sub-units descended on the facilities of charity
Fund “Krym”, in the building of Mejlis with an aim to withdraw its documents.
The whole neighborhood of Mejlis had been cordoned off before the action.
Moreover, the roads were covered. Simultaneously, militia officials recorded
this performance on a camera. Militia also carried out an unsanctioned video
recording in the facilities of the fund.
As it was
later found out the official reason for such militia actions was the fact that
during the search at Suleyman Abmedjit, who was arrested on 29 December 1999
under the accusation of embezzlement of state facilities, militia officials
found receipts of Fund "Krym" According to this receipt in 1999 he
paid a definite amount of money which he earlier had taken from the Fund as a
loan. These receipts were the prime ground for the investigator of MA MIA of
Ukraine in the Crimea to adopt a declaration which allowed to withdraw all the
documents of Fund "Krym" from the day of its establishment in 1991 to
present days.
Leaving aside
the problem of Suleyman Abmedjit's grounded accusation and his unlawful arrest,
we turn your attention to the following circumstances which prove that the
actions of militia officials regarding to Fund "Krym" have nothing
common with the investigation of any kind of embezzlement:
1. Fund
"Krym" is a charity organization, established in correspondence with
the Crimean Tatar nation's Kurultay decision. (During the time of its activity
the) The Fund has implemented many social and cultural programs aimed to help
the returning Crimean Tatars dangling
modifier.
2. The Fund
"Krym" facilities are overwhelmingly formed by volunteer fees and
donations of juridical and individuals. The fees are officially registered and
spent for the aims (purposes, better?)
foreseen by Fund "Krym" regulations. The adequacy of "Krym"
fund's activity to the current legislation of Ukraine is proved by results of
the last controls made by state controlling organs.
3. The fact
that a person donated some money or made any other kind of contribution to the
charity fund "Krym" in the form of paying back his own debt to the
fund "Krym" can not be a ground for investigation organs to withdraw
the fund documentation. In correspondence with legislation, any charity organization
is obliged to register the made donations or paying back of debts in its
documents. Fund "Krym" follows this norm with no violations.
4. Even if
investigation organs really had to get any fund document for carrying out?
Their investigations, they should have addressed the fund leadership with a
reasonable statement and the demanded documents would have been presented under
the procedure, foreseen by current legislation. However there was not any
reasonable statement from militia…
Unlawful
actions, made by MA MIA officials of Ukraine in the Crimea caused indignation
among the Crimean Tatars. The opinion has been formed among Crimean Tatars that
some people are trying to destabilize the socio-political situation in
Autonomous Republic Crimea by using the actions of militia officials.
In order to
prevent the conflicts planned by certain structures in order to involve Crimean
Tatars in it, the leadership of Crimean Tatar nation's Mejlis met with the head
of MA MIA of Ukraine in the Crimea G.G.Moskal on 12 January 2000. G.G.Moskal,
in the presence of journalists promised to conduct a detailed investigation of
militia's actions, punish the guilty and return withdrawn documents of
"Krym" Fund. Militia officials looked through the entire Fund "Krym"
documents during the next two days. After that they returned all of them,
except for the documents related to dwelling programs for the Crimean Tatars,
which is implemented under the program of Turkish Agency of international
cooperation and development. It is noteworthy, that these documents have no
relation to the investigated case, mentioned in the resolution of MA MIA of
Ukraine in the Crimea.
Taking into
consideration the above said and the fact that many unlawful actions of militia
toward Crimean Tatars and other nations remained without proper investigation
the Crimean Tatar nation's Mejlis turns the Crimean public's attention to the
consequences that such unlawful actions of security organs may lead to.
The Crimean Tatar
nation's Mejlis informs that by having not interfered to the official
investigation process it has no intention to ignore the constitutional rights
of particular people involved in the investigation of deliberate actions of
discrediting public organizations.
Adopted at the sitting of the Crimean Tatar nation's Mejlis on 15
January 2000.
Simferopol city, "Avdet", #1 (235), 19
January 2000, p.1.
Militia has brought an
action against Remzi Ablaev and the "Den" newspaper.
The first case
hearing, instituted on the suit statement of the Main Administration of MIA of
Ukraine in the Crimea against the editorial office of Kiev newspaper
"Den" and the Crimean Tatar nation's Mejlis chairman deputy Remzi
Ablaev was appointed on January 24.
In
correspondence with the statement, the Crimean militia asks the court to
protect, as much as, its dignity, business reputation, and make the guilty to
restore the detriment made by the following article: "Militia beat
severely three Crimean Tatars during the march", which was published by
I.Zolotuhina on May 18 of the last year in the above mentioned newspaper.
The statement,
in particular, mentions that "in his interview Ablaev states that
"militia took three persons out of the column and violently beat
them". Specific names of the injured, the time and place of the incident
are not mentioned in the interview and no proofs which would prove Ablayev's
statement are not mentioned as well".
The Crimean
militia evaluated the detriment caused to its reputation as a half million
grivnas, which will presumably be an obligation to pay. It will also make the
editorial staff of the newspaper publish a new article with refutation. The
matter is that the head of MA MIA of Ukraine in the Crimea Gennadiy Moskal
signed the suit statement. So, the senior militia officer of the Crimea will
control the judicial process.
And now? some
words proving that the interview does not correspond to the reality. Three our
compatriots, dwellers of Fontany Massive - Enver Uskutlyu, Ernes Kurkchi and
Server Bashhadem applied to duties at the headquarters responsible for carrying
out the march on 16 May at 22 p.m. Records in the register can prove this. They
stated that they were attacked and badly beaten by militia officials who made
such serious threats as: "we will kill you, we will bury all of you right
here" in the region of Futbolistov and Kozlova streets. The injured told
the Toyota militia car's number with one possible mistake - 042-42 or 042-02
OIA.
The
"Den" newspaper correspondent, Irina Zolotuhiha called Mejlis on May
17 and was very eager to know about the action process from the temporary first
deputy of Mejlis chairman. According to his words? he told about the beating of
the march participant in Grushevka village and about the new incident. The next
day, she published an article, entitled: "Militia has beaten three Crimean
Tatars during the march", which made the Crimean militia head apply to the
court asking to protect their honor and dignity on July 27.
"What
honor and dignity can the security organs talk about? They have lost them yet
in 1918,- was Remzi Ablaev' indigence . - I have lived in the Crimea for 30
years and have faced violence, made by security organs toward the Crimean
Tatars. And now they blame me for blackening the reputation of militia.
As R.Ablayev
says, the fact that the guilty who had beaten three Crimean Tatars have not
been found yet bothers him too much. Wherever the injured were that time, they
were taking part in a many-day action and were violently beaten. Remzy does not
cater any illusions about the result of the case. Whatever you do but the court
and militia are twin brothers. So, he wonders how long it will take militia to
get 500 thousand grivnas from the pensioner, who gets 70 grivnas every month.
Gulnara Kerimova, "Avdet", #1 (235),19
January 2000, p.1.
The other day
a widened sitting of regional Mejlis took place in Karasubazar. The agenda consisted of four problems, most
interesting to the public.
One of the
first problems to be discussed was renaming the city. They had been discussing
celebrating the 700th anniversary of the city at the last sitting.
However, this problem caused disputes among the publicity representatives,
because Karasubazar city was renamed to Belogorsk in 1944. So, Karasubazar is
celebrating its 700th anniversary and Belogorsk - the 56th.
The 700th anniversary of Karasubazar is counted since Mongol-Tatar
invasion, but the city had already existed long before their coming. That is
why a commission, which would deal with this problem, was created in city
council. The same commission was created in the city Mejlis.
The project
author of memory stone, devoted to the deported nations, Server Haybullayev
told about his preparations. He plans to make a three-meter high memory stone
from marble. He needs 9,5 thousand dollars for the project implementation,
which he is going to ask from city businessmen.
The problem of
giving land (spots) to people in the district is solved with great
difficulties, which causes a lot of disputes and doubts.
They decided
to hold actions of protest from April 17 at the next in turn sitting of
Karasubazar regional Mejlis.
D.Rumiyeva, "Yany Dunya", ("New
World"), #3, (504), 22 January 2000 p.1.
Karasubazar is preparing for protest actions.
A widened
sitting of city religious communities together with Mejlis representatives took
place in Karasubazar on January 17. The district council leaders were also
invited to the sitting. Member of Milli Mejlis, Abdureshid Jepparov gave a full
information about unlawful actions that happened last week. He also told that
90 per cent of what is promised by district administration and city council is
not done, neither Crimean Tatar specialist was accepted for a position. The
deputy of regional Mejlis chairman in village Baksan, Enver Kubedinov, told
that 6444 hectares of the most fruitful land out of 9 thousand were given to
representatives of other nationalities. The chairman of Vasilyevka village
regional Mejlis, Eshref Azamatly told about the same problem in their village.
Rusakovka
village dwellers decided to interfere in solution of the land problem. Having
been turned down after handing documents where they asked to give land, the
public expressed its protest against village council and demanded that this
problem should be solved Chairmen of other regional Mejilises told about the
same contradictory actions made by authorities.
Sitting
participants decided to carry out an action of protest against district administration
officials, who have been fooling people during the year.
Pevat Adjiredinov, "Kyrym", #4 (553), 22
January 2000, p.8.
On the instructions of the
President.
The National
bank of Ukraine considers a possibility of opening a branch of Ukreximbank in
Simferopol on the basis of commercial bank "Krym-Yurt" on the
instructions of the President.
The second
round of people concerned was recently held at the representatives of the
President with participance of President's Administration chairman. The national
deputy of Verkhovnaya Rada, Mustafa Djemilev, the deputy of KRU NBU head
Nikolay Denisovich, chairman of liquidation commission, Marina Noskova, the
chairman of "Krym Yurt" bank establishers’ council, Enver Nafiyev,
director of PTP "Konservmashsistema", "Krym Yurt" bank
establisher, Ibragim Mamutov took part in the negotiations.
The Crimean
Tatar nation's representative’s council participants and "Krym Yurt"
bank establishers addressed to Leonid Kuchma asking to help in reviving of the
bank activity. The President gave a
commission to the National bank of Ukraine to consider possible variants of the
problem solution. The National bank of Ukraine confirmed establishing the
branch of Ukreximbank in Simferopol. Giving a reason to this decision of NBU,
representative of KRU NBU in the Crimea Nikolay Denisovich noted that the bank
has a good reputation for a high level and qualified services provided. This is
one of the state's leading banks, which has a license to carry out any
operations, including international economic operations.
The principle
agreement of opening the branch of Ukreximbank in Simferopol has already been
reached, but additional facilities are necessary for its implementation, (None
of the sides can offer these sources so far. The "Krym Yurt" bank
establishers were proposed to regulate unsolved problems with the tax
inspection, pay back all the debts to the state and consider variants of
possible buildings for the bank branch in Simferopol.
As the
negotiations participants think, final decision of opening the state bank
branch on the basis of reorganized bank "Krym Yurt" may be made only
after the meeting of all the conditions or if additional crediting is available
Maria Lashkina, Press-secretary of the President's current representative in
Autonomous Republic Crimea, "Krymskaya Gazeta", #11(15867), 21
January 2000, p.1.
Some words about the privileges of getting the citizenship of Ukraine.
The temporary
head of the Crimean UVKB UN conducted a press conference on 21 January. They
discussed the results of the simplified program of getting the citizenship of
Ukraine by the deported nations.
Ukraine and
Uzbekistan Presidents' agreement term finished at the end of the last year. The
privileges of getting the citizenship of Ukraine by the deported have been
abolished. The UN representatives spoke about the results. 62 thousand people
returned to their historic motherland from Uzbekistan. A little more then a
half of them used the simplified procedure. The rest either had got the
citizenship before or just had ignored the initiative of the UN. Almost 8
thousand people have not used any privileges at all.
Representatives
of non-government Crimean Tatar organizations blamed the international
officials that the UN action was not effective enough because the information
campaign was unsuccessful. As the repatriates say, they did not spend enough
money for it. Not everyone was explained the advantages of citizenship.
Representatives of passport services were not satisfied either. The staff was enlarged
during the campaign and now the positions of specialists are being reduced.
However, as
the experts think, those who the action was made for have to be indignant too.
A part of them, at least. Uzbekistan powers have been preventing the process
during the half of the year. Nearly 4 thousand people still have not received
their documents from Uzbekistan. The Ukrainian Ministry of International
affairs officials state that they will try to correct the mistake in the future
too.
There is a new
problem in the Crimea: refugees from the Northern Caucasus. We can not exclude
the fact that the UN will help them from now in.
TV-program"12 minut novostey", State TV-Radio Company
"Krym".
Social sphere. Education.
Electric lamps
have flashed out, blue TV screens have been turned on- or to be brief dwellers
of Bakhchisaray 7th micro district have started a new life.
1000 land
plots were given for construction on this territory, but there are only 300
constructions. 1 kilometer of cable and 22 kilometers of air cable lines were
put in order to provide electricity to those houses. But the micro district
dwellers are especially grateful to the workers of Bakhchisaray electric
systems.
S.Kiryanova, "Krymskiye Izvestiya", #9
(2013), 19 January 2000, p.1.
Work is not alive but it runs away.
77,7 thousand people applied to the center of
employment during the first 3 quarters or the last year. There were 16
applicants for one vacant position. Moreover, unemployment has had a longer
character - more than 10 months. The workers lose much of his qualification
during this time and the possibility of his employment reduces. The rate of
so-called hidden unemployment, when workers are sent to prolonged vacations
remains high. 78,4 thousand or 14,5 percent of workers experienced such
vacations during 9 months of the last year. This problem is especially urgent
in health resort cities, where the number of unemployed in September increased
by 3,2 times in comparison with August.
Krymprominform, "Krymskiye Izvestiya", #8
(2012), 18 January 2000, p.3.
The more languages there are -
the merrier.
Teachers'
conference, devoted to the widened learning of the Crimean Tatar language in
city schools was held in Sudak.
They approached the problem
of creating national education establishments. They are planning to create two
schools on the basis of school #1: with the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar
languages of instruction. There is only one thing to add: the more languages a
pupil speaks, the easier it will be for him to decide what to be in the future,
because a lot of jobs demand not only the knowledge of English, but also the
other nations' languages that live on many-national land of the Crimea. "Krymskiye Izvestiya", #12 (2016),
22 January 2000, p.1.