The Ethnic Purges Begin In Ukraine And In Crimea

Crimean tatars. © RIA Novosti. Taras Litvinenko

Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 18 (RIA Novosti) – 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 said Tuesday.

Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Tuesday the new government in Crimea, where residents voted Sunday to become part of Russia, wants to regularize the land unofficially taken over by Crimean Tatar squatters following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Ukrainian Nationalists Force Head Of Main State TV Channel To Resign -- RT

The head of the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) has been beaten by members of the nationalist Svoboda party and forced to write a letter of resignation over allegations that his channel aired anti-Ukrainian content.

The office of the acting CEO of the National Television Company of Ukraine, Aleksandr Panteleymonov, was stormed by people who claimed to be members of the freedom of speech and information committee. What began as a loud conversation quickly turned into a fight.

A video of the incident has been posted online.

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My Comment:  The problem of Tartar property rights has been a long time issue .... I do not see it ending soon. The bigger problem is in Ukraine itself where Russian nationals are being purged from government ministries/state organizations/media outlets/and the military. There is now even talk of confiscating private property and businesses .... even from those who have stayed away from politics. This is creating an incredible amount of animosity in the Russian dominated parts of Ukraine itself .... and I fear that the blow-back is going to be very severe starting in the eastern part of the country.

Update: This is becoming a worrying trend not only in Crimea but in other parts of Ukraine .... people disappearing and showing up dead .... Reshat Ametov, Crimean Tatar, Found Dead With 'Signs Of Torture', Human Rights Watch Says -- Huffington Post