To explain his decision from May 16, Aksionov refers to the situation in South-Eastern Ukraine, the risk of provocations and victims, and the disruption of the summer vacation season, a crucial source of income for the majority of the local population.
The decree instructs his subject authorities to cancel all mass events planned for that period.
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Meanwhile, May 18 is the date when Crimean Tatars commemorate the launch of Stalin’s deportations of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944. This year is the 70th anniversary of the tragedy which Crimean Tatars consider the genocide of their people.
