Russian forces raid Crimean Tatar journalist Dyulber's home in Sudak and transfer her to FSB

On the morning of 4 December, Russian security forces carried out a search of the home of Crimean Tatar researcher and journalist Lenora Dyulber in temporarily occupied Sudak, after which they took her to the so-called FSB office in Simferopol.

Source: Alim Aliiev, Deputy Director General of the Ukrainian Institute and co-founder of CrimeaSOS; Crimean Tatar human rights defender and journalist Lutfiie Zudiieva; Refat Chubarov, Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (Crimean Tatar parliament)

Details: According to Aliiev, the security forces arrived at around 05:00, conducted a search of the flat while Dyulber and her child were inside, and then transported the journalist to the FSB building in occupied Simferopol.

Aliiev emphasised the need for a clear and firm response from the international community to the intensifying repression in Crimea and the attempts to force Crimean Tatars off the peninsula.

Human rights defender and journalist Zudiieva reported that the search of Dyulber's home was carried out under a warrant issued by the so-called "Kyivskyi District Court" of Simferopol.

Refat Chubarov confirmed Dyulber's detention, stressing that he sees these actions as yet another incident of escalating repression and pressure on the Crimean Tatar people aimed at crushing their will and pushing them out of Crimea.

Quote from Chubarov: "The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People is monitoring the situation and will continue to inform the Ukrainian and international communities about yet another crime committed by the Russian occupation authorities in temporarily occupied Crimea."

More details: Dyulber's mother, Elmira Dyulber, told Crimean Solidarity that around 20 armed officers entered the journalist's home.

According to Elmira, they examined books, documents, electronic devices, notebooks and even Lenora's thesis paper – page by page.

After the search, they confiscated the journalist's computer and phone and told the family they were taking her to Simferopol "to have a chat", and that they would return home.

Background:

• In October 2025, the FSB conducted a series of early-morning raids on the homes of Crimean Tatar women in the Bakhchysarai district, followed by the detention of four women.
• Among those detained was Esma Nimetulaieva, a mother and the wife of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Remzi Nimetulaiev, who had been imprisoned by the occupation authorities on fabricated charges.

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