Vedzhie Kashka, a veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, died this week after Russian security services tried to detain her in Crimea.
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In Crimea, Vedzhie Kashka, a veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, died after law enforcement officers attempted to detain her. Kashka, 82, began to feel unwell when FSB officers detained colleagues and members of her family. On the morning of 23 November, FSB officers detained three Crimean Tatar activists. They were charged with extorting money from a citizen of Turkey and sent to a temporary detention centre. Journalist Aider Muzhdabaev asserts that, judging by the video taken during the arrests, the FSB officers edited out the moment that Vedzhie Kashka was herself arrested:
