(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) scow April 21 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on rehabilitation of Crimean Tatars and other nationalities of Crimea who were victims of Stalin-era repressions Russian Itar tass reported on Monday. "Taking advantage of an opportunity I would like to inform colleagues that I have signed a decree on rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars the Armenian population Germans Greeks - all those who suffered from Stalin's repressions" Putin said. On April 17 Putin told the public at his annual question-and-answer session "We are preparing a decree - I am working on this as well as my colleagues in the government and the presidential staff - for rehabilitation of Crimean Tatar people." "We should do everything that depends on us to link the process of incorporation in the Russian Federation with rehabilitation and reinstatement of legitimate rights and interests of Crimean Tatar people" he said. Putin recalled that after Crimea's unification with the Russian Empire in 1783 Russian Empress Catherine the Great issued a decree envisaging Crimean Tatars would be taken into Russia as its nationals with all ensuing consequences and having their rights and religion fully respected.
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