Stalinism back in Russia - Poroshenko on forced confinement of Umerov

16:42, 27.08.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called the forced confinement in a psychiatric clinic of one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umerov the return to the Stalin era.

"One of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people Ilma Umerov was forcefully put to a mental clinic. So we see that Stalin times, the 30s of the 20th century have completely returned," Poroshenko said in an interview with CNN, the Ukrainian president's press service reported.

"This is not the problem of just Ukraine. This is the problem of the whole world. And the U.S. as the leader of the world should be and is shoulder to shoulder with us in this fighting for global stability and global security," Poroshenko said.

The head of state stressed that a the moment hundreds of Ukrainians are held hostage, are confined in Russian prisons and prisons in the occupied territory.

Poroshenko called the whole democratic world to stand in solidarity with Ukraine and step up the pressure on Moscow for its violation of the international law as well as rights and freedoms of Ukrainians.