The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by a majority of votes adopted a decision on the situation of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea. It is reported by "

73 deputies voted for the resolution, 13 against, two abstained.

During the consideration, all the amendments proposed at the meeting by Ukrainian deputies, as well as other parliamentarians, were supported.. During the debate, the Russians themselves, as well as one of the representatives of the communist / extreme left group, spoke out against harsh criticism of the Russian Federation..

The title of the document was changed to " Russia eventually gave up the right to propose changes to this document..

Among other things, the assemblies propose to admit that the Russian authorities are resorting to "

In this case, we are talking about violations occurring both on the territory of Crimea and beyond.. In particular, PACE considers the practice of transferring Crimean prisoners to Russian prisons to be illegal.The Assembly acknowledged that the Russian occupation authorities are not investigating charges of extrajudicial killings, abduction, torture and the like regarding Crimean Tatars. The practice of administrative and legal humiliation of the Crimean Tatars is recognized. According to the text of the adopted decision, PACE, among other things, expects from Russia the resumption of the work of the Mejlis.