Freed Tatar leaders back in Ukraine, vow to fight for Crimea

Ilmi Umerov, Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Tatars Mejlis waves to supporters in Boryspil International airport at a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, representatives of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, had been unlawfully convicted by Russian authorities in the Crimea in 2014 for their public protest against Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea. Chiygoz and Umerov arrived in Ukraine on Friday after having been extradited to Turkey due to efforts of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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