Crimea rallies on deportation anniversary

SYMFEROPIL. May 18 (Interfax) – An all-Crimean rally commemorating
the 61st anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars, Armenians,
Bulgarians, Greeks and Germans was held in the central square of
Symferopil on Wednesday.

According to some estimates, up to 20,000 people took part in the
rally. Many of them carried posters demanding the observation of the
rights of Crimean Tatars and the adoption of a law on the status of
the Crimean Tatar people.

Speaker of the Crimean parliament Boris Deich, Crimean Prime Minister
Anatoly Matviyenko and members of the Ukrainian national parliament
attended the rally.