Separatism

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High-ranking Crimean Tatar Majlis member freed from prison

The deputy chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars, Ilmi Umerov, who was found guilty of calls for separatism earlier this year, was freed from prison on Wednesday and is now en route to Turkey.

16:17 25.10.2017

High-ranking Crimean Tatar Majlis member receives prison term for separatism

The Simferopol District Court of Crimean Republic has sentenced deputy chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars, Ilmi Umerov, to two years in a penal colony for calls for separatism.

13:33 27.09.2017

President of Azerbaijan pardons Russian-Israeli blogger

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Monday pardoned Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, who had been sentenced to 3 years in prison for entrance to the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region without official sanction of Baku.

12:03 11.09.2017

Russian-Israeli blogger sentenced to 3 years in prison by Azerbaijan court

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes in Azerbaijan on Thursday sentenced blogger Alexander Lapshin, who has citizenship of Russia and Israel, to 3 years in prison for illegal entrance to the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. Lapshin has pleaded guilty to the brought charges.

11:40 20.07.2017

Social media user receives suspended sentence for calls to separatism

A court in the capital of Russia’s Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, has given civil society activist Vladimir Khagdayev a 3-year suspended sentence for a post of a separatist nature on Vkontakte social network.

13:54 18.04.2017

High-ranking Crimean Tatar Majlis member charged with separatism

Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol has charged deputy chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars, Ilma Umerov, with public calls for separatism.

17:42 30.01.2017

Russian Constitutional Court asked to verify validity of criminal article on separatism

Several individuals have filed a motion with the Constitutional Court of Russia seeking to examine the constitutionality of the Criminal Code’s Article on separatism.

14:59 26.01.2017

Prosecutor seeks 6 months in jail for author of petition on Latvia’s accession to Russia

Latvian prosecutor has demanded a six-month prison sentence for Maxim Koptelov, a local resident who was allegedly collecting signatures under a petition to integrate the republic with Russia.

18:04 10.02.2016

Tatar leader sentenced to 3 years in prison

The City Court of Naberezhnye Chelny has sentenced Rafis Kashapov, chair of the Tatar Public Center, to three years in prison for encouraging separatism and inciting racial hatred and enmity.

13:47 15.09.2015

Crimean Tatar Majlis head Chubarov suspected of separatism

A criminal case has been opened in Crimea against Refat Chubarov, the head of the Crimean Tatar Majlis (parliament) for alleged calls for separatism.

18:10 29.05.2015

Charges brought against author of petition on Latvia’s accession to Russia

Latvian prosecutors have brought charges against a local resident who was collecting signatures under a petition to integrate the republic with Russia.

16:41 23.04.2015

Catalan independence vote declared illegal

Spain’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the independence vote held in the province of Catalonia in November 2014 is illegal.

16:26 25.02.2015

Ukraine opens criminal case against Russian journalist

Ukrainian authorities have opened a criminal case against Russian journalist Sergei Dorenko for alleged promotion of separatism.

17:19 09.02.2015

Spanish government contests Catalonian independence referendum

The Spanish government has decided to request that the Constitutional Court analyze the legality of the planned independence referendum in Catalonia, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told journalists after the cabinet’s emergency meeting on Monday.

15:42 29.09.2014

Kiev to approve sanctions against Russian supporters of separatists

Kiev will introduce sanctions against Russian nationals who directly or indirectly support the separatists in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Wednesday.

15:37 23.07.2014

Ukrainian Communist Party case to be heard on July 24

The Kiev Administrative District Court will hear a lawsuit to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine on July 24, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko announced.

16:31 15.07.2014

Poroshenko approves punishment for separatism financing

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law adding punishment for separatism financing to the country’s Criminal Code, the UNIAN news agency announced, citing the president’s press service.

10:18 09.07.2014

Ukrainian parliament members could face arrest for promoting rebel cause

Members of the Ukrainian parliament could lose their mandates and be arrested for sympathizing with eastern Ukraine rebels, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports citing Verkhovna Rada Speaker Alexander Tuchynov.

11:20 07.07.2014

Ukrainian prosecutors looking to open criminal cases against several MPs

Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office intends to ask parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, for permission to prosecute several lawmakers for “promoting the breakup of the country,” acting Prosecutor General Oleg Makhnitsky said at a news conference on Wednesday.

14:36 07.05.2014

Another case opened against Ukrainian presidential candidate Tsarev

The Luhansk Region Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine has initiated legal proceedings against presidential candidate Oleh Tsarev whose public speeches were considered “actions promoting changes within the national borders,” the prosecutor’s press service reported Wednesday.

16:50 16.04.2014