Tråden om Krimhalvön

Following a trip to Crimea by French lawmakers, German Bundestag members from the Left faction are too considering a possibility of visiting the Black Sea peninsula, member of the faction Alexander Noy told Russia’s Izvestia daily.
He noted that the visit of the French parliamentarians to Crimea had become an emblematic step for many European politicians.

According to Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council International Affairs Committee Andrey Klimov, the Italian delegation may be joined by lawmakers from other EU member-countries.

"Crimean Tatars who held their own congress (in Crimea) a week ago (July 25) gave a clear answer to the Ankara congress describing it as absolutely illegitimate and not meeting the interests of Crimean Tatars," Smirnov said. He added that Crimean Tatars urged Turkish President (Recep) Erdogan to ignore the event, which, they said, was provocative. "The move will damage Turkey’s image and will in no way match the level of respect, which Crimean Tatars residing in Crimea, have for the incumbent president of Turkey," Crimean Tatars said commenting on the Ankara congress.

According to Smirnov, the purpose of the Ankara congress and the former leaders of the Mejilis of Crimean Tatars was to drive a wedge in the Russian-Turkish relations and make the maximum use of the Crimean Tatar card in attempts to destabilize the situation in Crimea.

"The World Congress of Crimean Tatars that will take place in Ankara has got nothing to do with intentions to resolve the problems of Crimean Tatars…The Russian Crimea gives Crimean Tatars all the opportunities, which they have not had for the 23 years of Ukrainian rule, to develop and preserve their own culture and undergo political and social rehabilitation," Smirnov added.

Crimean Tatars fully support Russia’s political and economic reforms designed to revive the culture of the Crimean-Tatar ethnos.

Crimean Tatars of Moscow have handed over to diplomats of the Turkish Embassy in Moscow an appeal to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, urging him to prevent the activity in Turkey of former Mejlis /assembly/ leaders Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov.

The appeal said the two were engaged in destructive activity in Turkey aimed at destabilizing the social and political situation in Crimea.

He also expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for passing "two major laws we had dreamed of - a decree to rehabilitate Crimea Tatars and a decree on the status of Crimean Tatar language as a state one" (signed after Crimea reunited with Russia in March 2014).

The activity of Dzhemilev and Chubarov was earlier labeled as "destructive and inadmissible" at a conference of the Krym (Crimea) civic movement in the Crimean city of Simferopol. The chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Crimea, Emirali Ablayev, also denounced the activity of certain groups to disunite peoples of Crimea.

Allt fler rysslandstyskar är redo att återvända till Krim. Man förklarar denna strävan med "ovilja att försona sig med Västs skövling av traditionella familjevärden och den kristna sedligheten". Detta uppgav Jurij Hempel, ledare för den rysslandstyska gemenskapen på Krim.

Hempel underströk på en rundabordskonferens i Simferopol att det är Rysslandstyska familjer och deras avkomlingar, som deporterades under Stalins tid och är nu bosatta i Tyskland, som tänker återvända. Enligt honom handlar det om 400 familjer.

Inte en enda vecka går förbi då det inte kommer en familj från Tyskland för att slå sig ned på Krim.

Innan andra världskrigets utbrott utgjorde mängden Rysslandstyskar uppemot 1,2 miljoner människor.