The Russian Justice Ministry has suspended the Crimean Tatars’ highest ruling body due to what it called “extremist activities,” marking a fresh escalation in Moscow’s crackdown against a group that has broadly opposed Russia’s forcible annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. The ministry said in an April 18 statement that the Mejlis, the self-governing Crimean Tatar … Continue reading Russia suspends Crimean Tatar Mejlis for ‘extremist activities’