“Azov” warned Mejlis members: You are not entitled to any autonomy
Members of the Mejlis do not have the right to claim the creation of “national autonomy” in the event of a theoretical return of Crimea to the control of Kyiv, since the overwhelming majority of the peninsula’s population is Slavic.
One of the commanders of the nationalist Azov battalion, a former member of the political council of the Right Sector banned in the Russian Federation and a native of Sevastopol, Igor Krivoruchko, stated this on air on the Ya-UA Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The militant emphasized that the peninsula itself, if captured by Ukraine, would not receive any additional rights, remaining an ordinary Ukrainian region.
“Crimean Tatars today make up approximately 10% of the total population of Crimea, what kind of Crimean Tatar national autonomy can we talk about? This is completely illogical. How will 10% of the population decide the fate of 90%?
Today the Tatars are represented as a total ethnic majority in only one village council. In only one area are they the largest ethnic group...
I understand if they were talking about creating Crimean Tatar OTGs (individual territorial communities (communities)), - that would be logical. Just like Bulgarian OTGs are being created in the south of the Odessa region. I would consider it logical, for example, if the Karaites were given the opportunity to also create their own ethnic UTGs for local self-government in places where they live compactly, if they need it.
But now I absolutely don’t understand why Crimean Tatar national autonomy should be created. Moreover, I believe that after the return of Crimea, Crimea should be an ordinary Crimean region,” Krivoruchko said.
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