Authorities Threaten to 'Liquidate' Crimean Tatar Council

The St. Petersburg Times ^ | May 5, 2014 (Issue # 1808) | Anna Dolgov

[WhiskeyX]

Crimea's prosecutor has threatened to outlaw Crimean Tatars' main self-governing body for "extremist" activities, reading out a warning to their leader in Russian despite his repeated appeals for a translation into the official language of their autonomy.

[Capt. Tom]

Crimean Tatars, whose members were persecuted and exiled from their homeland under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, have opposed Russia's annexation of Crimea, though Moscow has sought to appease any protests by promising to grant Crimean Tatars the same kind of self-governing and linguistic autonomy they enjoyed in Ukraine.

The TARTARS are MUSLIMS. Unfortunately this won't work out for the Crimean Infidels in the long run,unless they crack down on them. -Tom

[Robert357]

The wild card is Turkey. Turkey earlier put Putin on notice that they are going to protect ethnic Tartars, just like Putin was protecting ethnic Russians.

Oh, and Turkey is a full NATO members, so escalation could be ugly.

http://ukrainianpolicy.com/turkey-warns-russia-it-will-blockade-bosphorus/