Refat Chubarov, one of the leaders of the extremist organization "Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people" banned in Russia, who declared his readiness to come to Crimea, is not really going to the peninsula, says State Duma deputy Ruslan Balbek. His assessment, he shared in an interview with "Lenta. Ru "on Monday, May 15. "Chubarov knows perfectly well that he is forbidden to enter the territory of the Crimea for extremist activities (. ), So with such ease declares the desire to come to the peninsula, knowing full well that he will not step here with a foot, "Balbek said.. In his opinion, there is no "Crimean, who would not have spit in the face of this organizer of the blockade of the peninsula and the" world beggar "of means to fight against his own people". The leader of the Mejlis with such statements wants to divert from himself suspicions of participation in the blockade of the peninsula, the Russian parliamentarian believes.. "Chubarov tries to cover his fig leaf with his crimes against Crimeans," he added..

Earlier on Monday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Refat Chubarov announced his readiness to come to the Crimea to appear as a witness at the trial on the case of Ahtem Chiygoz, accused of organizing mass riots in Simferopol in February 2014. Chiygoz, also the leader of the Mejlis, was detained in January 2015. Chubarov became the main initiator of the so-called food blockade of the Crimean peninsula in September 2015. In the spring of 2014, the court banned him from entering Russia for a period of five years for calls to encroach on the territorial integrity of Russia.

Original article: State Duma comments on Chubarov's plans to visit Crimea.