The corresponding statement was made during a press conference. As stated by Umerov, now he does not know anything about the liberation of Sentsov. He also claims that at the moment there is no information about prisoners at all.

"When we met Erdogan, we were told that we should continue to release the prisoners. As priority set Oleg Sentsov. Erdogan promised that he would deal with this issue, "Umerov noted..

At the same time, the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people added that during the meeting with Erdogan the issue of de-occupation of the Crimea. In particular, this issue is the main issue, and the release of prisoners is a small episode.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," Ukrainian political prisoners Ahtem Chiyhoz and Ilmi Umerov were released from criminal prosecution. This exchange became possible due to the agreements reached during the visit of the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Ukraine.