Crimean news 86.
(Mass Media review for 27 November – 2 December
2000).
Articles are abridged.
Crimean
Tatars hold rally of protest in Dzhankoy.
Dzhankoy
events are discussed.
S.Kunitsyn
explains to the press events happed in Dzhankoy on November, 27.
A.Dobrorez is
not inclined to call the event with the Crimean Tatars in Dzhankoy as a
“capture”.
Alexander Dobrorez’s evaluations
Prove it not
by a word but by an action.
Major Crimean
organized criminal groups are “beheaded”.
Politics.
Crimean Tatars hold rally of
protest in Dzhankoy.
On November 27 about a hundred
of the Crimean Tatars picketed the building of Dzhankoy state district
administration demanding that the case against their four compatriots accused
of premeditated violation of railway traffic and organizing unsanctioned rallies
should be stopped*. We should remind that on June 12, a group of the Crimean
Tatars blocked railway traffic expressing their protest against an unfair land
division. Today the sitting was again put off.
Picket participants demanded a
meeting with the administration head, Bragin, but he rejected their demand.
After that the Crimean Tatars entered the administration building and spent
several hours there. As the chairman if Mejlis Mustafa Dzhemilev informed by
telephone, the picket participants demand that the administration head should
step down as well. M.Dzhemilev called the picket participants to leave the
premises, which was done at 7 p.m.
News TV program “Volna (“Wave”), Chernomorskaya
TV-Radio company.
Our information: *See “Crimean news 83” on this case.
* * *
The legal hearing of the case
brought against Kurtseitov Ruslan, Abduveliyev Enver, Bekirov Eskender and
Kurtnezirov Midat appointed on November 27 wasn’t held. And if last time the
“public prayer” prevented legal hearing then this time judge Kutanova didn’t
come to the process at all.
The Crimean Tatars, who came
to support their compatriots from almost every region of Crimea, organized a
rally of protest, which accounted some 500 participants. Their demands were as
follows: to stop the case against the participants of protest actions and fire
A.I.Bragin from the post of the head of district state administration.
The four-hour negotiations
didn’t help to come to a mutual agreement. A 65-year-old Yashar Seydametov
passed away in the administration building because of heart attack.
* * *
The sitting of Presidium of
Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people held on November 30, was devoted to the last
developments in Dzhankoy. They passed a decision to hold an all-Crimea rally in
Simferopol on December 10, 2000, devoted to the Day of Human Rights.
Press-service of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar
people.
Dzhankoy events are discussed.
On November 28, they held a
working sitting in the Council of Ministers with participance of Mejlis of Crimean
Tatar people, President’s representatives in Crimea, and Crimean force powers.
And a preliminary evaluation of Dzhankoy’s event was made at the sitting.
As a result they decided to
create a council of Crimean Tatars’ representatives at the district administration.
They also decided to assert â Crimean Tatar representative to the post of the
deputy of Dzhankoy administration head. To resolve the problem of conflict
situation and study politico-lawful issues arising in the district they decided
to create an interdepartmental commission consisting of representatives from
both sides.
“Kirim” (“The Crimea”), #54 (602), 2 December
2000, p.1.
S.Kunitsyn explains to the press events happed in
Dzhankoy on November, 27.
Blocking traffic in Dzhankoy
envisages criminal responsibility. The house of prosecutor has initiated a case
on this fact. I think that everyone has to act in correspondence with law and
the guilty have to be punished – whether they are the Crimean Tatars or anybody
else. Nationality plays no role for law.
But on the other hand, not
only have there been some unlawful actions against the Crimean Tatars but some
non-governmental organizations as well. In February, April on Kirova avenue*
the traffic was blocked by the Union of Soviet officers, representatives of
komsomol and other youth organizations. I said then that if they couldn’t
punish them they wouldn’t be able to punish others.
Everything that happened
during evasion into the administration building has been registered by security
organs and they have got a videotape. According to the data I have, what
happened in Dzhankoy is also the guilt of Dzhankoy district administration. The
guilty from both sides must be punished.
Yelena Gornaya, “Krymskaya gazeta” (“The
Crimean newspaper”), #223 (16079), 30 November 2000, p.1.
Our information: *one of Simferopol’s central avenues.
A.Dobrorez is not inclined to
call the event with the Crimean Tatars in Dzhankoy as a “capture”.
The Crimean procurator,
Alexander Dobrorez states that in connection with the event with the Crimean
Tatars on November, 27 in Dzhankoy the public house of Crimea will pass a
decision, “which will meet the legislation demands”.
Yet, at the conference in
Simferopol he emphasized that it would be done after a thorough revision of
what happened. And it was being held at that time. A.Dobrorez call the media
not to hasten with their final conclusions.
“I wouldn’t like it to sound
so abruptly as a0 capture. As a procurator I wouldn’t call it like that” –
emphasized A.Dobrorez, having noted that his opinion was grounded on studying
videotapes.
According to his words, no one
blocked the entrance to the building of administration and the building was not
closed.
Interfax-Ukraine,
“Krymskiye izvestiya” (“The Crimean news”), #224 (2228), 1 December 2000, p.4.
on the Crimean
cross-destruction.
Alexander Dobrorez informed
that they had brought actions against all facts including the fact of
dismantling a worship cross in Morskoye.
<…> I feel obliged to
say that the evil roots are much deeper. And we should begin our conversation
not from the fact that their (crosses) have been dismantled but from the
unlawful erecting of them. If we take it as â countdown point then I’ll say
that it doesn’t correspond with the law. <…> We must say that we have the
same number of facts as when the Moslem gravestones were profaned. Why don’t we
speak about it? Let’s prepare this whole material, <…> and won’t limit
ourselves with the fact that a cross has been cut off, it fell down, which is
considered to be vandalism.<…>
Oleg Markelov, “Krymskoye vremya” (“The Crimean
times”), #226 (1093), 2 December 2000, p.3.
Our information: *See “Crimean news 82, 85” on dismantling of
Christian worship cross in Morskoye village near Sudak.
Official visit of Ukraine’s
president, Leonid Kuchma to Turkey was held on November 22 through 24, 2000.
The delegation included several highest leaders of the nation, heads of state
committees for religion, connection and information, chairman of Crimean
government, Sergey Kunitsyn and chairman of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people,
Mustafa Dzhemilev.
Ukrainian delegation visited
the mausoleum of the founder of Turkish Republic, Mustafa Ataturk. They held a
separate meeting of Ukraine’s president with the president of Turkey, Ahmet
Sezer, after which they took part in negotiations of two delegations. The
president of Turkey said he appreciated that Ukraine did so much to address the
Crimean Tatars’ issues and informed that Turkey was willing to closely
collaborate with Ukraine in this field. At the end of the negotiations both
sides had signed 9 various agreements aimed at expanding and deepening of
collaboration of two nations in different fields. After signing the agreements
they held A brief meeting of Turkey’s president, Ahmet Sezer with Mustafa
Dzhemilev, where he informed Mustafa Dzhemilev about his conversation with
L.Kuchma on the Crimean Tatar theme.
During the visit M.Dzhemilev
also held some negotiations with the leadership of Turkey’s Administration of
Education on the issue of mutual recognition of higher educational
establishment’s diplomas of both nations. In particular, they expressed a
possibility of recognizing by Turkey of those Ukrainian universities, to which
the Turkish students attend and by Ukraine – the diplomas of universities, to
which students from Ukraine attend. They reached an agreement that a delegation
from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine will soon visit Turkey for a detailed
discussion of this issue and signing an agreement with the Ministry of
Education of Turkey.
After that M.Dzhemilev met
with the leader of party of National Action of Turkey and vice Prime Minister,
Davlet Bakhcheli. Ihsan Kyrimli and his deputy also took part in the meeting.
In the course of the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, they
discussed the entire complex of Crimean Tatar people’ problems.
They also held a meeting of
the chairman of Crimean government, Sergey Kunitsyn with chairman of unity of
Crimean Tatar organizations, Ahmet Kyrimli. M.Dzhemilev attended it as well.
They discussed Crimean Tatar people’s problems and the project of creating
trade-and-production complex in Simferopol for 100 employees and which will
cost about one million US dollars. This complex can be constructed by Turkey’s
help. S.Kunitsyn promised to provide any help in finding an appropriate land
plot and communications for constructing the complex. After the meeting
M.Dzhemilev met with a group of students attending Turkish universities.
On November 24, the delegation
left for Istanbul, where president L.Kuchma together with Ukrainian delegation
held a conference with Turkish businessmen. Before leaving for Ukraine the
chairman of Mejlis met with the governor of Istanbul, Erol Chakyr. He promised
to provide satellite dishes to the Crimean Tatar non-government organizations
in the Crimean Tatar villages. He also promised to provide some help in
improving technical equipment of the Crimean Tatar editorial office of State TV
Radio Company “Krym” (“Crimea”).
Mejlis press-service.
Prove it not by a word but by
an action.
Turkey will continue financing
the program of constructing 1000 houses for the Crimean Tatars. In the course
of negotiations between leaders of nations they reached an agreement that
Turkey will make its contribution to the restoration of Bakhchisaray palace of
Crimean khans. They also discussed possibilities of Turkey’s help in
restoration of Zyncirli Medrese*.
In the course of the meeting
with businessmen they discussed the question of investment into the agrarian
sector of economy.
Press-service of the Council of Ministers of Crimea, “Krymskaya gazeta” (“The Crimean newspaper”), #233 (16079), 30 November 2000, p.1.
Our information: * Zyncirli Medrese is an ancient Crimean
Tatar educational institution, on the territory of which there is a
psycho-neurological hospital now.
Criminal review.
Major Crimean organized
criminal groups are “beheaded”.
Major Crimean organized
criminal groups acting on the territory of our peninsula have been “beheaded”,
said the Crimean procurator, Alexander Dobrorez.
The procurator informed that
during the fight with criminals during 11 months of current year the
investigation department of Crimea has completed 55 criminal cases and 14 of
them are connected with crimes committed by groups. 34 people have been
attracted to the criminal responsibility. 5 more cases are about to be
completed.
Interfax-Ukraine, “Krymskiye izvestiya” (“The Crimean news”), #244 (2228), 1 December 2000, p.4.
Healthcare.
This is the motto of the
worldwide day of fight against AIDS, which is annually held on December 1. In
Crimea, according to the data for November 1, 4246 people infected by venereal
diseases have been registered and 214 of them are infected by AIDS. 76 Crimean
dwellers have already been killed by the “Plague of the 20th
century”
65,9% of Crimean dwellers have
infected with AIDS through their veins (syringe drug users). And 28,6% by
sexual relation. 5,5% have been infected by a from-mother-to-child way. They
have organized giving â counteracting medicine to infants and their infected
mothers under the humanitarian help of organization called “Boundless doctors”
since May 2000. Taking into account the fact that the epidemic of AIDS has been
officially announced in the country, and the Crimea is on the fourth position
on the amount of the infected, such â measure is very essential.
Yelena Ozeryan, “Krymskaya pravda” (“the Crimean truth”), #220 (22633), 1 December 2000, p.1.