Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin blames Russian security forces for the death of an acclaimed veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, Vedzhie Kashka.
Russian authorities in Crimea have intensified persecution of Crimean Tatars, under various pretexts and with the apparent goal of completely silencing dissent on the peninsula, Human Rights Watch said, according to RFE/RL's Ukrainian service.