A Crimean clarinet player is jailed for ‘terrorism’
NewsThe Southern District Military Court in Rostov, Russia, has jailed a 64 year-old clarinet player for 11 and a half years on charges of terrorism.
Zekirya Muratov, a Crimean Tatar in poor health, was accused of helping political prisoners under the Russian occupation.
The t-shirt he wore at his sentencing bears the slogan: ‘Dissidence is a crime in the Russian Federation’.
Report here.
Explaining the difference between dissonance, and dissidence to a viola player. That’s gonna take 12 years.
It does beg the question, “Why would the FSB try to recruit a clarinetist?” There must be more to this story than meets the eye.
”because of his civic position in support of political prisoners, – – because he refused to collaborate with the FSB by giving false testimony against other victims of persecution.”
The answer was in the news story…
If they can jail one clarinetist, why not all the violists (just kidding!!!).