Crimea Wedding Party Arrested, Fined For Playing Ukrainian Patriotic Song

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Six people in Russian-annexed Crimea were arrested or fined for playing a popular Ukrainian patriotic song at a wedding reception, the RBC
pro-Western neighbor in February.A court in the Crimean town of Bakhchisarai sentenced the owner of the wedding venue to an administrative
court ruling said.Two other people were ordered to pay fines up to 50,000 rubles ($837).The arrests come after Sergei Aksyonov, the
month, a local DJ in Crimea was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for playing a Ukrainian song.Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a
move not recognized by the international community.