Representatives of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people calls on the EU to strengthen sanctions against Russia, in particular, to consider the temporary embargo on Russian oil and disconnect Russia from global banking system SWIFT, said the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Refat Chubarov in the air “Public TV”.
“Against the background of intensified repressions against the Crimean Tatars, our task is to make the international community tended to more stringent sanctions against Russia,” he said.
The European Parliament intends to hold a debate and adopt a resolution on the violation of the rights of Crimean Tatars at its meeting on 12 may. The agenda includes the issues of violation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law against the Tatars in the Crimea.
“We call for the shutdown of the banking system SWIFT. I also talked about the fact that European countries considered the question of the possible, though temporary embargo on energy supplies from Russia, particularly oil,” – said Chubarov.
In late April, the Supreme court of Crimea has recognized the activities of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis an extremist, thereby satisfying the claim of the Prosecutor of the Republic Natalia Poklonskaya banning of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars. Two weeks earlier, it is their decision to suspended the Majlis on the territory of the Peninsula. Following this, the decision was taken and the Ministry of justice of the Russian Federation.
His claim Poklonskaya explained the destructive activity of the Mejlis and its leadership. As examples of the Prosecutor has led an anti-government rally of members of the Mejlis, the organization of mass riots in front of the Crimean Parliament on 26 February 2014, in which two people were killed, over 70 injured. In the Crimea the leaders of the Majlis also considered the organizer of explosions of transmission towers on the territory of Kherson region of Ukraine, resulting in the night of November 22, 2015 the Peninsula was completely disconnected. On this fact, the FSB initiated a criminal case under article “Diversion”. In Federal search on the case declared the member of Parliament, former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Lenur islyamov. Russian law enforcement is currently investigating a criminal case against Chubarov and the former head of Mejlis Mustafa Dzhemilev. They are accused of incitement to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. Dzhemilev and Chubarov declared in the international search.
The EU called the ban of the Mejlis of the attack on the rights of the Crimean Tatars.
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is an international interbank system of information transfer and make payments. Unites more than 10 thousand banking and financial organizations in 210 countries of the world and ensures the transfer of about 1.8 billion messages a year. In Russia, the community has more than 600 participants, including the Bank of Russia and the largest banks. In case of disconnection from SWIFT, Russian banks will lose the opportunity to manage their correspondent accounts abroad, and conduct in-country payments.
