13.04.2025, 12:24

Crimean "mufti" Emirali Ablaev and his daughter develop cooperation with the occupiers

Collaborator of the "Mufti of Muslims of Crimea" Emirali Ablaev, together with his daughter Zenife, who positions herself as "head of the department of religious events of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea", held a "working meeting" with "a member of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Crimea", founder of the organization "Team of Opportunities" (Russian. "Team of Opportunities") Yevgeny Pichugin, the head of the organization Dmitry Nedov and Captain Ilya Podoroga of the Russian Armed Forces.

The meeting discussed further joint cooperation and support for the Russian military. In turn, Ilya Podoroga spoke about the "frontline exploits" of the Russian occupiers and the "importance of their spiritual and humanitarian support."

In addition, Emirali Ablaev said that the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces, who, in his words, "defend truth and freedom at the front," can always count on any help from the Crimean "Muftiate". In confirmation of these words, another batch of humanitarian aid was transferred to the Russian occupiers in the combat zone on the territory of Ukraine.

Earlier, in October 2024 , the Voice of Crimea reported, that the Crimean "Mufti" Emirali Ablaev, on behalf of the "Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea and Sevastopol", signed an agreement with the head of the "Team of Opportunities" organization Yevgeny Pichugin on cooperation in supporting the families of participants in the war against Ukraine and providing humanitarian support to the Russian occupiers in the combat zone.

Another participant of the meeting with the "Mufti of Muslims of Crimea", Ilya Podoroga, call sign "Bars", a holder of two Russian Orders of Courage, is a pro-Russian separatist from Sevastopol, who has been involved in actions against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine since his youth.

According to his own admission, on February 23, 2014, he, then 15 years old, returned to Sevastopol from the "international gathering of patriots" in Perm (Russia) and, with his mother's permission, joined the "Bizon" detachment of local "self-defense" formed from retired military and security forces, as part of which he raised Russian flags at city locations and guarded the "commission for the preparation and holding of the referendum".

Later he studied at the Perm Cadet Corps named after F. Kuzmin and the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School named after K. Rokosovsky. In 2016 he received the medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For the Return of Crimea".

From the first days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in 2022 , he took part in it as a commander of the motorized rifle company of the 126th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, was involved in the occupation of the Kherson region and the capture of the Kakhovka HPP.