These malicious lies about Crimean tatars are spread by Kremlin propaganda machine to make Russian citizens and the rest of the world numb to their current persecution, which started with the annexation of the peninsula.
Meanwhile, there are out of estimated 190 Ukrainian political prisoners in occupied Crimea 136 are Crimean tatars.
They are typically charged with committing terrorist or extremist acts, which allows the prosecution to seek maximum term.
During the coronavirus outbreak, these political prisoners were often refused testing for the virus.
Moreover, there were around 50 forced disappearances of Crimean tatars during the six years of the Russian invasion.
