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Crimean Tatars hold flags during a mourning ceremony at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 18 May 2015. Crimean Tatars mark the 71th anniversary of the forced deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea by the Soviet Union in 1944. In March 2014 Russian forces seized control of government buildings and airports in Crimea and organized the events leading to Russia's annexation of Crimea