Tatarstan (catch all)

**AdamG** · 03-05-2014

MOSCOW, March 5 (RIA Novosti) – The president of the Russian republic of Tatarstan traveled Wednesday to Crimea in southern Ukraine to meet with representatives of the Tatar community, which make up more than one-tenth of the peninsula’s population.

The Crimean parliament said in a statement that Rustam Minnikhanov was met in the administrative capital, Simferopol, by top local officials and the Russian consul.

Minnikhanov is due to hold talks with leaders of the local Tatar community, which has come out in support of the newly installed government in the national capital, Kiev.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140305/188...r-Leaders.html

An agreement on cooperation between the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Tatarstan was signed in Simferopol on Wednesday, an Interfax correspondent has reported.

The agreement was signed by Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksionov and Rustam Minnikhanov, the head of Tatarstan.

After the document was signed in the Crimean Council of Ministers, Aksionov thanked members of Tatarstan's delegation for taking the time to come to Crimea "at this difficult time and plan steps for further cooperation."

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukra...ol-338429.html

**AdamG** · 03-08-2014

Who Will Protect the Crimean Tatars?

I happened to be at ATR when Aminov arrived. His laughter echoed through the newsroom as he walked around, praising the station’s modern equipment and avoiding any discussion of the news. When I asked Aminov about the reason for his visit, he said, simply, “I am here to support my brothers in a time of trouble.” Linur Yunusov, a senior journalist at ATR, told me that while no Russian official had ever bothered to visit Crimean Tatars before, Moscow was now sending one delegation after another. “This sudden brotherly love is overwhelming,” he joked.

At one point, a journalist inside the newsroom called Aminov’s attention to a television screen, which showed masked Russian soldiers blocking the entrance to a military base outside Simferopol. “This is our live position,” the journalist said, provocatively. “A perfect view of the Russian occupation.” Aminov didn’t take the bait. “Which editing software do you use?” he replied.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog....html?mobify=0

# Popcorn.

**AdamG** · 03-10-2014

Russia risks a repeat of its bloody entanglements in Chechnya if it annexes Crimea, a senior Crimean Tatar leader has warned, with extremist elements in the community threatening jihadi-style violence against Russian troops occupying the peninsula.

Mustafa Jemilev, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, said a number of militant Tatars had approached him to say they would fight the Russians.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17bd814e-a...#ixzz2vZ8Efwdk

**mirhond** · 10-04-2014

@AdamG

Volga Tatars and Crimean Tatars are differend kinds of the Tatars. Both are susceptible to islamism, though.

http://www.rg.ru/2014/10/02/reg-pfo/hizb-anons.html
Hizb ut-Tahrir activists put to prison in Tatarstan

ps. Tatarstan, along with Dagestan and Chechnya are situated in Europe, how they ended up in "Central Asia " thread is a mistery to me.