MOSCOW, December 14 (RAPSI, Oleg Sivozhelezov) – Russia's Supreme Court sided with the Federal Security Service (FSB) that had banned Crimean Tatars leader Mustafa Dzhemilev from entering the country,  Dzhemilev’s lawyer Mark Feygin told RAPSI on Wednesday.

In 2014 Dzhemilev tried to enter Crimea but Russian authorities told him that he is prohibited from entering Russia until 2019 by decree of the FSB.

On May 20, the Moscow City Court ruled that Dzhemilev, along with another leader of the Majlis, Refat Chubarov, are banned from entering Crimea for five years. The regional officials claim that the Tatar leaders’ activity incited inter-ethnic hatred.

On April 26, the Supreme Court of Crimea granted a lawsuit filed by republic’s Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya and banned the Majlis of Crimean Tatars as extremist organization. This ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Russia on September 29.

On January 21, Dzhemilev was detained in absentia. He was put on the federal wanted list as a defendant in a criminal case. Russian authorities did not announce what Dzhemilev is charged with.