The Autonomous republic Crimea Office of Public Prosecutor has brought charge in participation in mass riots, and also in resistance to the head of secretary of a Medzhlis Zair Smedljaev.

As informs «Radio» Freedom «», criminal case upon public order infringement has been raised in 2006, but several months ago the Office of Public Prosecutor of an autonomy has reanimated him and has transferred in court. According to the raised criminal case, the head of secretary of Medzhlis threatens 4 years of imprisonment.

Zair Smedljaev as whom consider as the right hand of the vice-president of Medzhlis Refat Chubarov, has organized on June, 22nd, 2006 picketing of Appeal court of Crimea when case on charge of group of the Crimean Tatars in an attack and beating of journalists of several TV channels, and also visitors of the Simferopol bar «Kotton», events in March, 2004 there was heard. In particular, after the judicial manager declared that in the absence of places nobody will enter into a hall of court, among participants of picket there were excitements, people force have tried to break in a court premise, there were skirmishes with police in result some militiamen have suffered.

Zair Smedljaev in «Radio» Freedom «» interview has declared that sees in actions of Office of Public Prosecutor political and ethnic implied sense.

«I regard this criminal case as the political order. Behind it there is an attempt to take on fright weigh the Crimean Tatar people, all simple inhabitants of Crimea that they didn’t try to resist to lawlessness, first of all, in ground sphere. That it was possible to push together citizens of one nationality or faith with another», — he has told.

The head of secretary of Medzhlis also has declared that thus the power prepares to constant picket of the Crimean Tatars on a place where they prepare to construct the Cathedral mosque and where the local authorities as he is the formal organizer of this picket whom 4 years last have forbidden this building.

On materials: NovoROSS.info