On Wednesday 25 October, a spokesperson for the European External Action Service welcomed the release, earlier in the day, of the vice-presidents of the Assembly of Tatars, the Mejlis, Akhtem Chyigoz and Ilmi Umerov, who were sentenced on the Crimean peninsula last month, "in violation of international humanitarian law."
"This is good news," said the spokeswoman, recalling that the EU has always pleaded for their unconditional release and "appreciates the efforts of all those who have also...