View of YaltaSIMFEROPOL, Mar 11 Head of the Regional National Cultural Autonomy of the Crimean Tatars Eyvaz Umerov demanded that the Western authorities extradite Lenur Islyamov, the organizer of the energy blockade of Crimea, to Russia. Earlier, Umerov said that Islyamov left Ukraine and is in Turkey, where he was detained by local Interpol. jpg» /> In Crimea, the losses from the water blockade were calculated»According to the latest information, Islyamov is already in Poland. Apparently, he will be hiding from justice in the West. Therefore, we demand that Western countries extradite Islyamov to Russia and not hide the criminal,» he said RIA Novosti Umerov. According to him, Islyamov was released and given the opportunity to fly to Poland after the intervention of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the US special services. In 2020, the Supreme Court of Crimea found Islyamov guilty of organizing an energy blockade of the peninsula and sentenced him in absentia to 19 years in a strict regime colony. The beginning of the term of serving the sentence will be considered from the moment of extradition. Businessman Lenur Islyamov managed to work as Deputy Prime Minister in the Russian Crimea, was dismissed for inefficient work, after which he left the peninsula. At the same time, he transferred his business assets to shell structures. Later, Islyamov was charged in absentia with sabotage, as a result of which Crimea was completely de-energized in November 2015. Islyamov is also a defendant in a criminal case initiated by the FSB over the creation of an armed battalion in southern Ukraine near the borders of Crimea. involved in the blockades of the peninsula
