Paul
Goble
Staunton, December 28 – Vladimir Konstantinov,
chairman of the State Council of Crimea, said yesterday that the Kyrym
movement, a Crimean Tatar organization the Russian occupation authorities
created as an alternative to the Mejlis, “must become part of state power” in
order to address the problems of that community.
Konstantinov’s words are clearly
intended to wean more Crimean Tatars away from the Mejlis which remains
unalterably opposed to the Russian occupation by demonstrating to them and
others that Moscow will give that ethnic community a greater voice in the
management of its own affairs (qha.com.ua/konstantinov-dvijenie-kirim-doljno-stat-chastyu-vlasti-142112.html).
Indeed, it is likely that his
remarks mark the beginning of a propaganda effort to do precisely that. But the
Russian official’s words may have
exactly the opposite effect by reminding everyone that Kyrym is in fact nothing
more than an administrative arm of the occupation and thus no more to be
trusted than any other part of that structure.
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