Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People became Ukraine's Ambassador to Turkey
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Nariman Dzhelal (Dzhelyalov) as Ambassador to Turkey. The Ukrainian leader wrote about this on his Telegram channel.
 
In June, Ukraine returned Nariman Dzhelal as part of the exchange process with the Russian Federation. He was arrested in Crimea in 2021 on suspicion of blowing up a gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. He did not admit his guilt. Two other defendants in the case - brothers Asan and Aziz Akhtemov - were sentenced to 15 and 13 years in prison, respectively.
 
The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People is banned in the Russian Federation as an "extremist organization."
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