Ilmi Umerov, deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, said he would definitely try to return to Crimea.

"At least I did not make any promises or guarantees that I would make this attempt. After a while, I will definitely try to return to Crimea," he said at a briefing in Ankara on Thursday.

As reported, on September 11, a Russian court sentenced Chiygoz to eight years in a strict-regime colony. On September 27, Simferopol District Court brought in a verdict in the case of Umerov and sentenced him to two years in a penal colony.

After staying in a Russian prison, on October 25, Chiygoz and Umerov were transferred to Turkey, and from there they are to arrive in Ukraine. They are exempt from criminal liability.