Crimean Tatars: 'We Don't Want To Be Part Of A Police State'

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Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · 2014 · News & Politics

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Crimean Tatars of the city of Bakhchysaray in Crimea told RFE/RL's Tatar-Baskhir Service they were boycotting an upcoming referendum on the regional parliament's decision to join Russia. 
Residents said they didn't want Crimea to be part of a "police state" and recalled the forced deportation of most Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities during World War II. (RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service)

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