Crimean news 56.
(Mass
Media survey for 1-6 May 2000).
( All the material is given in an abridged
form).
Politics.
May 18 measures have been
discussed in Kyiv.
On April 28, the Vice Prime Minister of
Ukraine, Nikolay Julinskiy conducted a meeting with heads of Ministries,
Departments and State Committees. The meeting was devoted to discussing the
problems of preparations for the 56th anniversary of the Crimean
Tatars, Armenians, Bulgarians, Greeks and German's deportation. On May 11 they
will conduct a meeting of state leaders with the Council of the Crimean Tatars'
representatives with the President of Ukraine, intelligentsia and the veterans
of the World War 2 who had been deported. They'll hold a joint mourning sitting
in Simferopol on May 17. It'll be held by the leaders of Verkhovna Rada,
Ministry Council of the Crimea and Simferopol city executive committee with
participating of the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Lentara Halilova, "Golos Krima", # 19 (338), 5 May 2000, p.1.
Hearing results are satisfactory.
At the press-conference, held on April 28, the
Crimean Tatar nation's Mejilis Chairman, Mustafa Djemilev noted that there had
been a lot of speculations made by communists concerning adopting the law of
the Crimean Tatar nation's status.
Speaking of the hearings in PACE, response to
L.Grach's reproaches that M.Djemilev spoke about needs of Mejilis instead of
the Crimean Tatars' problems, M.Djemilev's reply was as follows: " there
is no need to tell about Crimean Tatars' condition, because Lord Ponsonby, the
representative of PACE had a special visit to the Crimea in September 1999. He
made a special report about the social condition of the Crimean Tatar
nation". M.Djemilev emphasized the new theory that there was no native
nation in the Crimea, Crimea was a "dormitory" for all nations, and
there were no political problems on the peninsula, which arose from L.Grach's
report.
The head of Mejilis emphasized that it had been
the first time when the Crimean Tatar problem had been included in the agenda. When
speaking of PACE recommendations, he focused on the following: "I can't
say they have completely satisfied us. The focus was mostly made on
socio-economic problems." When speaking of positive sides of
recommendations, he said they had been satisfactory noting that they had been
essential in the field of social problems. It was the first time when they used
the term "native nation" for the Crimean Tatars, spoke about the
necessity of the guaranteed Crimean Tatars' representatives and about functioning
of the native nation language.
Leylya Alyadinova, "Golos Krima", #19 (338), 5 May 2000, p.1.
Even those who live in wonderful
conditions return to their homeland.
Ukrainian press tells about the
problems of Krimtsy*.
Session participants have blamed Kyiv for
violating Crimean Tatars' rights. According to the European Parliament members,
it's living in the historical homeland that has to be priority in assisting
Crimean Tatars from the West. The Crimean powers have prevented settling of
native nation on the peninsula. They even sometimes destroy their dwellings,
hurriedly constructed in despair.
According to official data, some 260 thousand
Crimean Tatars have returned to the Crimea. The Assembly Resolution says that
these people have come across with "complex many-sided problems, related
with accepting citizenship, occupation, dwelling, social protection and
restoration of culture", and that they prevent complete self-determination
of the Crimean Tatars".
It seems that Ukrainian delegates couldn't
explain properly to the European Parliament members, gathered in Strasbourg
that Kyiv had never planned Crimean Tatars' "complete
self-determination" on the territory of Ukraine. And the Europeans, seems
sincerely think that the assistance programs for returning Crimean Tatars
initiated by the Ukrainian government are delayed because of economic crisis in
the country".
I.Guzheva, S.Petuhov, "PACE wants to the Crimea",
"Expert", 04.10.2000.
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Some analysts say that the Crimean Tatars are
the destabilizing factor in the Crimea and their presence is a threaten to the
national security of Ukraine…
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No, it's not
true. A nation can never be a factor of destabilization. The main destabilizing
factor is the absence of adequate policy for solution of any problem. Today, we
are just approaching the comprehension what kind of policy we should imply when
solving the problems of the deported.
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Have you ever been blackmailed by
non-government political Crimean Tatar joints?
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Obviously, the
Crimean Tatars have some problems, which can't be left unsolved. And our goal
is to create conditions for representatives of the deported to exist and
perform their self-determination (…) The main way of stabilization relations
between government and the Crimean Tatars is the intensive development of
economy.
A.Smoliy, "The Crimea has never been so
close to quit the category of "red" regions and economic
prosperity", (interview with S.Kunitsin), "Zerkalo nedeli",
04.08.2000.
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*
It seems that the Crimean Tatars
are again provoked. Repatriates' socio-economic condition is so that Crimean
Tatars are not able to solve the financial problem of their national press.
There is no national bourgeoisie - the Crimean Tatars haven't integrated into
politico-economic elite of the Crimea. They can expect help from nowhere but
state. But if the autonomy and the state find hundreds thousands of grivnas for
financing parliament and government newspapers, which can survive themselves,
then there may be found some thousands for the press in the language of ethnic
minorities. In any case, Ukraine has accepted some responsibilities on this
topic.
V.Pritula, The end of Days "For the New
World"?, "Zerkalo nedeli", 04.08.2000.
Prepared by G.Veliullayeva, "Kirim",
#20 (569), 6 May 2000, p.2.
Our
information: *Krimtsy - the
Crimean Tatars.
How
will the elections go?
They meeting of the working
group, elected at the Crimean Tatar nation's Kurultay 3 was held in the Crimean
Tatar nation's Mejilis on April 28. They discussed proposals to the project "regulations on
elections of delegates for the Crimean Tatar nation's Kurultay 4".
Regional mejilises and non-government organizations are invited to discussing
of this project.
Seyran Ibraim, "Kirim", #20 (569), 6
May 2000, p.1.
Culture.
Zindjirli
Medrese - is the most ancient center of education.
One of the most ancient
educational establishments of Eastern Europe, Zindjirli Medrese is celebrating
its 500th anniversary this year. The 6th science and
conference, devoted to this significant day began its work in the Crimean State
Industrio-Pedagogic Institute (CSIPI) on April 27. The conference will last
till May 11 and 360 reports will be made in its 17 sections. Three reports,
devoted to the history , architecture and life of Zindjirli Medrese were listened
at the plenary sitting of the conference.
After that actors of the Crimean
Tatar music-and-drama theatre made a theatre performance, devoted to opening of
Zindjirli Medrese. The final sitting of the conference will be held on May 11.
S.Asanov, “Yani dunya”, (“New world”), #18
(519), 6 May 2000, p.8.
Analytical material.
Some local high rank persons try
to change the past, present and future of our nation according to their
political likes and dislikes.
Thoughts on the recently held
sittings devoted to the Crimean Tatars’ problem in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
and Parliament Assembly of European Council (PAEC).
It was initially comprehended
that it had been impossible to begin consideration of this problem without the
ruling mighty Verkhovna Rada of ARC represented by its speaker – the ideologue
of “everyone’s equality”, comrade L.Grach.
his report, like all reports of this kind couldn't exclude the element
of intimidation: “… solution of national problems by emphasizing one or some
nationalities, which have “special” rights for the Crimea, the problems of
native nations, national-and-territorial autonomy, electoral quotas, status of
Mejilis as a representative organ of the Crimean Tatars in the Crimea is
inadmissible and objectively impossible”. Try to make something possible if the
governing right completely belongs to the supreme ethnic majority: power,
machinery of State, laws, courts, the office of public prosecutor, security
organs. What kind of equity and possibilities can we speak and judge about if the
Crimean Tatars are allowed to solve the problems under culture-and-national
autonomy – creature of national-chauvinist ideologues. The next weighty
argument of comrade L.Grach is: all the problems related to the Crimean Tatar
nation can only be solved on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine and the
Constitution of the ARC. How can we solve politics-and-lawful problems of the
whole nation on the basis of the Constitution, which doesn’t even mention this
nation?
Illegal, according to L.Grach,
Mejilis “pushes” Crimea towards confrontation, which, supposedly causes
“destabilization of political situation, creates a threaten to the security of
Ukraine”. But weren’t communists unsatisfied of the steps made by the sovereign
Ukraine when threatens, pickets, bacchanalia in chauvinist press,
demonstrations, not adopting of the Ukrainian language, open pro-Russian
orientation – even demands of joining the Crimea with Russia have created a
great pain for the young state.
Endless assurances that the
Crimea is a multi-national republic, preferring to refer to the Armenians,
Bulgarians, Greeks and Germans sound unreasonable. Yet all of this population
groups have got their ethnical homeland. Nay Crimean dweller of some other
nationality, having turned on the radio, can tune a corresponding wave and
listen to it all day long. But the Crimean Tatars, on their only homeland have
got only 80 minutes on the television a week and 80 minutes as fro radio. Here
it is our national-and-cultural autonomy in the Crimean style…
L.Grach inadmissibly rudely
falsifies history, changing it according to hi likes and dislikes. The Crimea
has never been multi-national. A united Crimean Tatar nation was formed in the
result of a prolonged process of confluence of ancient Krimtsy with later
Turkic tribes (4-13 centuries). During 700 years Krimtsy were a single nation
in the Crimea. They made up 5 million – more than 90 per cent of population in
the second half of the 18th century. They were gradually ousted by
Russian and other colonists after the annexation of the Crimea. The Crimea
again became a mono-national region after the deportation during 1941-1944. But
the ethnos was different this time. The Russians made up 90 per cent of the
Crimean population due to the policy of the state leadership. The specialty of
speculations on results of the Crimean referendum, carried out in 1991 is
hidden here. It could not be different and have some other results as 90 per
cent of the Crimean population was a mono-national one. The present
Constitution of the ARC is based on the same idea. The Constitution has pushed
the native nation of the Crimea – Krimtsty aside from the public-and-political
life. Under such circumstances, L.Grach can afford speaking from all tribunes
that “ the way of quotas is not our way, the way of strengthening the status of
the Crimean tatar nation is not our way, conceding the Mejilis rights of
Crimean Tatars’ representative organ is not our way”.
Confrontation still goes on,
it’s pointless to expect progress after this kind of opinions.
N.Biyazova, “Kirim”, #20(569), 6 May 2000, p.4.