http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3140189/posts
http://www.voanews.com/content/crimean-tatars-want-un-peacekeepers/1883983.html
excerpt:
After the meeting, Dzhemilev told VOA’s Russian service he feared Crimean Tatars could be the targets of violence under Russian rule, and he would like to see international peacekeepers deployed to Crimea.
“We have serious fears about what can happen there, and asked for the introduction of U.N. peacekeeping forces,” he said. “But since that is something decided by the U.N. Security Council, where Russia has the right to veto, this is quite unlikely.”
A second option, Dzhemilev said, would be to send in NATO forces, as was done in Kosovo.
WHO ARE THE CRIMEAN TARTARS?
....Some of the children of the deported—raised in Uzbekistan and now adults—have returned to become leaders. Refat Chubarov, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, the representative body of the Tatars, has called on his people—there are now approximately 300,000 Tatars in Crimea—to peacefully boycott the referendum. Nevertheless, some Crimean Tatars have vowed to oppose secession, with force if necessary.
According to Western press reports, some Tatars fighting with the rebels in Syria have offered to return to join the cause...