In the Crimea “yesterday” pro-Ukrainian officials are striving to the power

Elections in the Crimea, appointed to September 14, are premature as become the way of legitimation of old, westernized elite — the chairman of the board of People’s party «Millie Firka» Vasvi Ennanovich Abduraimov tells about a situation in the Crimea.

— How does the Majlis act after accession of the Crimea to Russia and how its activity is now widespread in the Crimea?

The Russian management has no illusions concerning the need of creation of any special national structures of indigenous people. We have one Russian Federation, one Constitution, three types of subjects of federation. The law accurately provided a form, including, the national self-organization within public structures, public associations in the form of national and cultural autonomies and political parties. The structure Majlis which de jure wasn’t in Ukraine, but the Crimean-Tatar people was assigned by it destiny, can’t exist in this unique system. Therefore they should be defined — to be built in a new legislative field and on equal terms to complete for influence on the Crimean voter, to have lawful opportunity to be presented to the authorities. If they don’t manage to make it, this structure, of course, will stop the existence.
Those representatives of Majlis who are inseparably linked with Euro — Atlantic, American structures, are now out of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea where continue to fight for «liberation of the occupied Crimea».
They also will try to carry out further at various international venues the westernized line in opposition which is now developed between the USA and all other world, first of all, with Russia. They receive serious dividends for it, the order for such «policy» is generously paid. Therefore provocations through separate structures and activists of Majlis some time will proceed, including in the Crimea, and in Ukraine.
Intensity of their activity directly depends on the one who will form the Crimean-Tatar policy in the Crimea. If it is formed by people who served still yesterday the Ukrainian mode, there won’t be something good. If it is relied on progressive forces which always supported a course on reunion of the Crimea with Russia, then these numerous provocations will manage to be avoided.

— What do you think of Lenur Islyamov’s person, does he continue the anti-Russian activity after resignation from a post of the Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimea?

After his resignation the interest to him completely was gone because he represents nothing. Originally he tried to be approved here as the businessman, and decided to go already to active policy then. As well as other representatives of Majlis, he quickly believed that the power of the Kiev junta will be approved as in Ukraine and in the Crimea. He and his colleagues tried to build the business empire with a rate on such approach.
Certainly, they miscalculated. And attempt already in new conditions to build the relations through Tatarstan, thus keeping the anti-Russian essence, was quickly broken because of inability to work in government institutions which demands special discipline. Therefore as a result of all these miscalculations he stopped the activity. Now he probably is engaged in rescue of the remains of the business in the Crimea and in Moscow. I think that hard times came for him.

- What is the situation with the activity of the extremist organization «Hizb ut-Tahrir» in the Crimea in new conditions?

The situation changed radically — in new conditions Hizb Ut-Tahrir organization activity stopped on the Crimean peninsula. «Hizb Ut-Tahrir» is the westernized structure which worked under Islamic slogans and thus had nothing with the real Islam in common.
After the Crimea got to new legislative and legal system, became an integral part of the Russian Federation in which the activity of the extremist organizations of this sort is forbidden, all management and participants of this organization went who where, generally on the territory of the Western Ukraine and to Kiev region. They continue to train for the next armed provocations there. They already passed a certain fighting school in Afghanistan, Syria, and this part of «Hizb Ut-Tahrir» constitutes serious danger. The training of these fighters proceeds on the bases in Ukraine. Thus, their activity in the Crimea stopped, but proceeds in Ukraine.

— What is the opinion of the Crimean-Tatar people, the population of the Crimea of rather political transformations in connection with accession of the Crimea to Russia?

While everything is at the level of good expectations. Actually serious work isn’t begun yet. Unfortunately, federal authorities insufficiently actively start working and present in the Crimea. In the conditions of a transition period it seemed to us that the leading role will be played not by local elite of which there are the republican authorities now, but the Federal Centre generally.
It is known that the Ministry of Affairs of the Crimea is created, already passed a lot of time from the moment of its creation, but its activity in the Crimea practically isn’t observed. The special State commission on questions of social and economic development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol under the leadership of Dmitry Kozak was created who set the accurate tasks of development of the federal program of social and economic development of the Crimea for 2015 — 2020. But it isn’t known about concrete points of this program while.
And in these conditions the elections are already appointed to September 14 though neither political, nor economic, legislative system of the Crimea are not ready to formation of new structures of the power in the Crimea. In this situation it isn’t necessary to hurry with carrying out of local elections. It was necessary to begin, first of all, with inventory of the region and to carry out the population census. The last census was carried out in 2001. Nobody knows neither the number of the population, nor its national structure, an economic situation.
In my opinion, only after the end of a full-fledged transition period, it was possible to appoint elections at the beginning of 2015. Then the parties would be created not «on paper» and the real political structures which really would work with voters and really realized those programs which are planned. Now it turns into the farce and attempt of officials of the same old, Crimean-Ukrainian political elite who conducted here the destructive activity the last 23 years to fix in new Russian reality. Now they try to legalize and to remain at the power for the next 5 years.
And it is obvious, they do it not for the purpose to carry out the program declared by our President, but to keep the places and to discredit the declared plans about transformation of the Crimea to the model region.
The situation becomes aggravated that now the Crimea is on an edge opposition of two world global players — the USA and Russia. And in this intense situation it is impossible not to allow those people of the Crimea who opposed its accession to Russia to management. It is very important, that those 96% of people who voted for accession, didn’t lose faith in Russia and the Russian power.
It is extremely dangerous because in the conditions of the opposition the arena of which was our brotherly Ukraine, there can be the various provocations in the Crimea directed on destabilization of a situation in the region. And if there is the same old, westernized, pro-Ukrainian elite at the power, these risks will increase repeatedly. Therefore the central, federal authority, of course, has to assume the main role on management of the Crimea for a transition period.