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That was quick: "Ukraine’s breakaway region of #Crimea will ask #Tatars to #vacate part of the land where they now live in exchange for new territory elsewhere in the region, a top Crimean government official (deputy prime minister Rustam Temirgaliyev) said" http://www.eurasiareview.com/19032014-crimean-tatars-will-vacate-land-official/
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"39-year old Crimean #Tatar, construction worker, who had been #protesting (almost 2 weeks ago on Lenin Square in Simferopol) against Russian troops in the Black Sea peninsula has been found #dead on Sunday, days after he was seen being hauled away by men in military-style jackets", "posted worried #Facebook statuses about the situation of Crimean Tatars and the future of Crimea, in the weeks leading up to his disappearance.", "Tatars make up around #12% of the population of the peninsula, which is majority ethnic Russian." http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/18/reshat-ametov-crimea_n_4983978.html cc @question
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Has the ethical #cleansing begun or do you think now that the #referendum is over and decided, the Western #media turns its attention to presenting Crimea in the #worst possible light, focussing on (isolated?) events like that to make Crimea appear to be in great social turmoil and lawlessness? cc @question
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