Five years on, Crimea annexation divides a family

Suleiman Umerov, son of Crimean Tatar prominent activist Ilmi Umerov who opposed Russia’s annexation of Crimea and left his homeland, poses for a picture at his home in Simferopol, Crimea March 14, 2019. Picture taken March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

KIEV/SIMFEROPOL (Reuters) - Five years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, prominent dissident Ilmi Umerov finds himself in Kiev, separated from his wife and family in Crimea whom he fears rejoining because of what he thinks is the threat of prosecution.

The pro-Kiev Crimean Tatar activist was jailed for two years by Russia in 2017 for separatism but has been released as part of a deal brokered by Turkey.