Russian law enforcement officials on Monday raided the premises of Tatar television station ATR in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March, triggering criticism from the OSCE, the European rights watchdog. Crimean Tatars, a large ethnic minority in the region, mainly opposed the annexation and have come under pressure to align themselves with the new authorities ever since. Russia's federal Investigative Committee, which answers directly to President Vladimir Putin, who describes Crimea as "sacred" to Russia, said it was searching ATR's offices as part of a probe into the death of two locals during a rally a year ago.
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INC ews, 26/01/2015
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