Russia raids Tatar TV in Crimea, drawing OSCE criticism


  • World
  • Monday, 26 Jan 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian law enforcement officials on Monday raided the premises of Tatar television station ATR in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March, triggering criticism from the OSCE, the European rights watchdog.

Crimean Tatars, a large ethnic minority in the region, mainly opposed the annexation and have come under pressure to align themselves with the new authorities ever since.

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