Kantimirov, a Crimean sentenced by the Russian Federation, was transferred to a colony in Buryatia - his wife

Crimean Tatar activist Artur Kantimirov, who was sentenced in absentia in Russia, was transferred to the Russian Federation

According to Gulnara Kantimirova, the wife of the Crimean political prisoner, the Russian side informed him that her husband had already been transferred to the Russian Federation. She said that on November 8, her husband was driven out of the Simferopol detention center "with things" and told that he would serve his sentence in the Russian Federation itself. However, neither he nor his lawyer were told where exactly. On October 10, it became known that Kantimirov was "transferred in an unknown direction" from the SIZO in Rostov-on-Don.

He defended his home from occupation

Artur Kantimirov is a 41-year-old veteran of the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Celebi Dzhemilev. He is known as an activist of the Crimean Solidarity movement. On August 9, 2016, during searches in the Bakhchisaray district, he was detained on suspicion of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. According to the Russian authorities, he was part of an organized terrorist group and recruited other Muslims into it. The human rights organization Amnesty International in 2019 recognized Kantimirov as a prisoner of conscience and condemned his illegal detention and conviction in absentia.

The Russian State Duma found out that foreign mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation

In turn, the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov said that foreign mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation. According to him, the Russian side is aware of the presence of at least 1,100 foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He did not name which countries these mercenaries came from. "More than 1,100 mercenaries from among Westerners and NATO member states, including Poland and Great Britain, continue to participate in the hostilities on the side of Ukraine," he said.