Anonymous telegram channels write that the Crimean Tatars are not staging protests against the occupiers, which the authorities allegedly expected them to do, and only Ukrainians are against it. Thus, the propagandists are trying to manipulate the opinion about Crimea and contrast the two peoples. Representatives of the Crimean Tatar community in Kherson Oblast and Crimea are systematically persecuted for resisting the occupants. On March 6, Crimean Tatars staged a protest in Novoalekseevka, Kherson Oblast. The Russians, on the other hand, conduct searches and detain activists, such as on April 15, Ukrinform writes. The Crimean Human Rights Group reminded that about 230 political prisoners are already serving sentences in prisons in Crimea, while throughout Russia this figure is ten times higher.