Il sole è tramontato su Kiev nel 1585° giorno dell’invasione su vasta scala. Padre e figlio in prigionia russa: la storia di una famiglia tartara di Crimea.

Russia’s persecution of the native population of Crimea, Crimean Tatars, has been going on for centuries. The repressions of the Russian Empire and the USSR — in particular the genocide of 1944 — are unfortunately not just pages in history books. Since the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and the start of a new phase of the war, Crimean Tatars have been persecuted and imprisoned even more intensively on trumped-up charges.

We spoke with Aishe Kurtamet, a Crimean Tatar woman who is fighting for the return of her son Appaz and her ex-husband, Khalil Kurtamet, from Russian captivity. She talks about the ongoing persecution of Crimean Tatars by Russia and the unfounded accusations against her family.

# Read the full article [at this link!](https://www.ukrainer.net/en/father-and-son-in-russian-captivity/)

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