Oleg Rodivilov against Qirim Sedasi (Golos Qirima/Voice of Crimea) newspaper: the court case will take place on June 19, 2006 at 4 pm in Simferopol

By Idil P. Izmirli
US IREX IARO scholar
Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine

On June 19, 2006 (today) at 4 pm there will be a court case in Simferopol that will overview the complaints of Oleg Rodivilov, the head of the Russian Community in Crimea and the member of the Crimean Presidium, against the Golos Qirima newspaper. This is the continuation of the court case that has been going on for several years. At first, the court case was initiated by Oleg Rodivilov on March 31, 2000. At the time Rodivilov complained that some anti-Russian materials published in Golos Qirima that could inflame violence in the peninsula. One of these materials in question was an article of a Crimea Tatar historian Erik Qudusov titled "Bolshevik cruelty and its roots" that was published in Golos Qirima on March 10, 2000.

Oleg Rodivilov is a known supporter of Victor Yanukovych. Rodivilov was one of the organizers of the anti-Orange Revolution demonstrations that took place in the Lenin Square of Simferopol in November 2005, one year after the orange revolution. At the time, Rodivilov and the organizers of the Russian Blok Party called for president Yushchenko and his wife "the American" to go to the America chanting "suitcase, train station, America." Rodivilov is also one of the Crimean Parliament members who strongly supported the anti-NATO demonstrations in Feodosia regarding Sea-Breeze 2006.