Crimean news 83.
(Mass Media review for 6-10 November 2000).
Articles are
abridged.
Public
prayer hindered the judge.
President
visited Bakhchisaray.
Financing
of Crimean Tatars' problems must not be lower than in 2000.
Saudi
deputy minister has done pilgrimage to Crimea.
A
number of Crimean Tatar families have received a housing.
Politics.
The issue of dividing the land, which was
given to the collective property of agriculture enterprises and organizations, has
been repeatedly arisen in all governmental instances during the whole current
year. In this connection, the chairman of "Adalet" party, Fevzy
Kurtbedinov, addressed a statement to the President's representative in Crimea,
A.Korneychuk, the chairman of Council of Ministers of Crimea, Sergey Kunitsyn
that, in particular, pointed that a positive process began in many districts,
and leaders had solved the problem of land allotment to the Crimean Tatars.
Yet, as the statement points, the process
is getting complicated because of some economy leaders who act as chauvinists
refusing to allot land plots to the Crimean Tatars, which leads to universal
actions of disobedience. And instead of resolving the conflict they resort to
criminal prosecution of this citizens. Similar actions happened in Nizhnegorsk
and Dzhankoy districts - they have filed a criminal case against the Crimean
Tatar national movement activists.
In the connection with the
above-mentioned, national party "Adalet" has made a decision to hold
an all-Crimea action of protest.
Leylya Alyadinova, "Golos Kryma" ("The
Voice of Crimea"), #46 (365), 10 November 2000, p.2.
Our
information: * "Adalet" ("Fairness") party is one of
the Crimean Tatar parties.
Public prayer hindered the judge.
The fifth hearing of Ruslan Kurtseitov,
Eskender Bekirov, Enver Abduveliyev and Midat Kurtnezirov's case was appointed
for November 7. They were accused of blocking the railway in Dzhankoy* on June
12.
But it wasn't held. The compatriots that
gathered before judge's coming decided to hold a public prayer before judge
would come. By the time when they were finishing the last prayer, the judge,
Anne Kutanova and the prosecutor appeared in the corridor. Having seen the
people praying with their hands folded, she left the premises. When being
questioned the judged replied that the gathered violated the order and they
kept on praying when the judge came in instead of standing up to greet her. She
stated that she refused to head the process any more.
Accepting the judge's actions as an
unwillingness to finish the case, the Crimean Tatars that came to Dzhankoy from
different districts of Crimea held a rally against violating rights for a fair
judgement.
When the rally was over they passed a
resolution stating that they found those four men not guilty and the "case
was fabricated to conceal the discrimination and unlawfulness towards the
Crimean Tatars, organized by the head of state district administration,
A.Bragin and the chairman of district council, S.Zhakov. When in the course of
the case proceedings it was becoming clear that it all was a fake prepared on
the order of those political powers, which try not to let the native people's
rights to be restored. Judge Kutanova A.M. using the public prayer as a pretext
refused to begin the sitting. And in result she broke the judgement process.
The judge, having accepted the public
prayer as "a treat to the state of Ukraine and an attempt upon the
legislation", only made the situation more tense.
"Avdet" ("The Returning"), #20
(254), 10 November 2000, p.1.
Our information: * The railway was blocked for several hours when the Crimean Tatars
held their protest actions everywhere in Crimea this summer. People had to
resort to such a measure after the powers openly ignored their demands to
fairly resolve the issue of land division and some other essential problems.
President visited Bakhchisaray.
On November 10, Leonid Kuchma arrived in
Crimea. The President started his business trip in Bakhchisaray. The sitting of
the President's Council of the Crimean Tatar people was held under his
leadership.
Leaders of some Ministries and Departments
of Ukraine, Council of Ministers and Verkhovna Rada of Crimea took part in it.
They made a detailed analysis of results of the president's commissions, he had
given during his visit in May. They also discussed the issue of Crimean Tatars'
return to Crimea and their housing on their native land.
They have developed the most suitable
variants of solving complicated problems. The president has given some new
commissions to the consistent ministries and departments of Ukraine and Crimea.
There is only one opinion - it is necessary that all the power branches pay
maximum attention to deportees' problems.
Vitaliy Ratay, "Krymskaya gazeta" ("The
Crimean newspaper"), #210 (16066), 11 November 2000, p.1.
L.Kuchma has given commission to the Crimean
government to solve the problem of Crimean Tatars' representatives in the
organs of the autonomous power and local authorities.
The president pointed out that it was
necessary to do something so that there would be no "opposition in the
future".
The president also stated that it was
necessary to solve some other problems - concerning Crimean Tatars'
participating in the process of land division. L.Kuchma emphasized that he
would use every opportunity to help this process go on. In his opinion, it is necessary
to introduce changes into the current legislation, and the president made it
clear that he would help develop this process in the parliament.
Apart from that, L.Kuchma paid a special
attention of the Crimean government members to the Crimean Tatars' health.
Crimean Tatars' level of disease is three times higher in comparison with the
rest of Crimean population. "It is necessary to immediately develop the
program on this issue" - stated the president. The problem of the Crimean
Tatar youth's needs a corresponding solution.
The president finds that some officials
demonstrate their "thoughtless attitude towards this problem and the
commissions he had given during the previous sitting of the President's council
of the Crimean Tatar people".
Interfax-Ukraine, "Krymskiye izvestiya"
("The Crimean News"), #210 (2214), 11 November 2000, p.1.
Financing of Crimean Tatars' problems
must not be lower than in 2000.
"We have to allocate no less money to
Crimean Tatars' problems from the State budget of Ukraine for 2001 than in
2000" - claimed the president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma.
At the sitting of the President's Council
of the Crimean Tatar people, the president addressing to the Minister of
Finance of Ukraine, Igor Mityukov, demanded that he didn't make "the figure
lower than in 2000".
The State budget of Ukraine for 2000
envisaged 40 million grivnas* for solution of the repatriates' problems. At the
same time, the budget for 2001 envisages only 25,5 million grivnas for the same
purpose.
L.Kuchma also gave a commission to solve
the problem of reconsidering the Crimean Tatars' debt for electricity.
Interfax-Ukraine, "Krymskiye izvestiya"
("The Crimean news"), #210 (2214), 11 November 2000, p.1.
Our information:
The Ukrainian grivna stands against the USD as follows: 1 USD=5,5 grivnas.
Social sphere and
housing the deported.
Saudi deputy minister has done
pilgrimage to Crimea.
On November 9, the chairman of the Crimean
parliament, Leonid Grach met the deputy of minister of pilgrimage of Saudi Arabia,
Muhammad al Kahtani. They discussed the issue of implementing the Saudi charity
project in Simferopol - creating a socio-cultural center.
According to Muhammad al Kahtani's words
it'll be a fashionable center with a conference hall, library, and studies and
even a medical and health care complex (with free treatment). English and
Arabic are amid the subjects to be taught in the center.
Oleg Volodin, "Krymskaya pravda" ("The
Crimean Truth"), #206 (22619), 10 November 2000, p.1.
A number of Crimean Tatar families
have received a housing.
45 Crimean Tatar families got flats in a
new nine-storey building in Yalta.
On November 4, they held a special meeting
near the new building, where the future residents were explained that they
would get flat orders and keys in a week.
Those who reserve a place in the queue for
flats will get one.
Next year, they are planning to construct
one more building but already having 200 flats and a part of them will be
allocated for the Crimean Tatars.
"Avdet" ("The Returning"), #20
(254), 10 November 2000, p.1.
A council of the Crimean Tatar
representatives consisting of 18 members was created at the district state
administration of Kirovskoye village.
Forming of this structure helps the
executive power to take into account all the interests of the citizens having
returned to their homeland. It also gives a hand in another field - it quickly
solves the problems related to their housing and ethno-cultural development.
Life proofs that the deported peoples still need such a care.
Vasiliy Verbetskiy, "Krymskaya gazeta"
("The Crimean newspaper"), #209 (16065), 10 November 2000, p.2.