The Estonian Parliament recognized the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars to the USSR as genocide and remembered modern Russia

The Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) has approved a statement recognizing the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people by the Soviet regime in 1944 as an act of genocide. The statement was supported by 83 deputies.

This is stated in the statement of the representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. They also mentioned modern Russia.

In particular, the document condemns the mass extermination of Crimean Tatars and their forced deportation from the Crimean peninsula. The document also emphasizes that after the occupation of Crimea in 2014, Russia continues its policy of genocide against Crimean Tatars, aimed at destroying their identity.

"Estonia reaffirms its support for Ukraine and constantly takes an active part at all levels of the Crimean Platform, demonstrating its unwavering position on the restoration of the territorial integrity of our country," the statement of the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the ARC reads.

It is noted that the Mission initiated and actively worked on the recognition of the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as an act of genocide in the Republic of Estonia. In particular, working meetings were held with Estonian MPs Mati Raidma and Marko Mihkelson, during which they discussed the illegal persecution and repression of Crimean Tatars by Russia and the need to recognize the 1944 deportation as genocide.

In preparation for the Parliamentary Summit of the Crimean Platform, the Mission initiated an inter-parliamentary meeting between the Riigikogu and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, where a number of issues of cooperation were also discussed.

The Mission provided informational materials, including videos highlighting the tragedy of the Crimean Tatar people, and organized an exhibition "QIRIM İÇÜN / For the sake of Crimea" in the Riigikogu, which details the history of the struggle of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people for their right to live on their native land.

"This year marks 80 years since the Soviet regime committed genocide by deporting the entire Crimean Tatar people from the Crimean peninsula. Earlier, the deportation was recognized as an act of genocide against the Crimean Tatar people in 2015 by Ukraine, in 2019 by Latvia and Lithuania, in 2022 by the House of Commons of Canada, and in 2024 by Poland," the statement said.

In addition, the Riigikogu called on the parliaments of other countries to join the Republic of Estonia and also begin the process of recognizing the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as an act of genocide. It should be added that Estonia became the sixth country to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as genocide.

In late September, the Swiss Parliament recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as an act of genocide. The relevant decision was supported by 123 deputies, 58 opposed, and seven abstained.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Parliament approved a resolution calling on the government to recognize the Holodomor in Ukraine as an act of genocide and publicly honor the memory of its victims. This document is the first step towards the country's recognition of the horrific crime committed by the Soviet regime.

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