In recent months, a debate arose about the formation of a Muslim Battalion in Ukraine (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 5). This was soon followed, in the Russian media, by rumors about the Crimean Tatar leadership’s alleged links with the Islamic State (ISIS). On October 5, the head of the State Committee of the Crimean … Continue reading Dzhemilev denies Russian allegations of Crimean Tatars recruiting fighters for IS