Russia to Prosecute Crimean Tatar Protesters Over Unrest

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9. I agree it is very complex

And indeed Russia is not a paragon of freedom.

But the history is even more complex than this. When you are talking about Tatars, you are also talking about fairly fundamentalist religions. Many adherants of which are peaceful, but many groups of which have embroiled many places in the work in "Jihad's" and subject many masses of people to Sharia law even now, in the world.

So I don't think presenting this as a simple situation does it justice. The Tatar's are members of a group with it's own nasty history and that will factor in as it would here as well. If a group of Muslims (or Fundamentalist Christians) were to blockade roads here they would be brought to justice.

From my understanding the Tatars are split. Putin just inherited what may become a very difficult thing for him, and this may have ended up enabling more militant Muslims to gain power. Consequences... The world is very complex.