The Russian foreign Ministry called “inappropriate speculation” series of actions in Turkey on the 76th anniversary of the forced resettlement of the Crimean Tatars in 1944. This is stated in comments published on the Agency’s website.
“we Call on Turkish political and public circles, representatives residing in the territory of the Turkish peoples, kinship with Russia, to the objective view of complicated events in the history of the twentieth century. Fundamentally advocate that sorrowful date, did not serve the immediate political situation, and helped the rapprochement based on common historical memory and destiny,” – said the Russian foreign Ministry.
The Ministry stressed that attempts of a number of Turkish officials to draw Parallels between Stalinist repression and the current policy of the Russian Federation in Crimea are outrageous and not conducive to solving the problem of further development of multifaceted relations of partnership between Russia and Turkey.
As reported by “the Rambler”, 18 may in the Crimea, the Day of remembrance of the deported peoples. It was established in 1994 in memory of the beginning of the forced resettlement of Crimean Tatars from the Peninsula in 1944.
