A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 in February-March 2014. Later, the representatives of the Greek Catholic com- munities began to receive threats of persecution and liquidation of their par- ishes. FSB and ‘Crimean self-defense’ began to chase them back in March 2014, when the UGCC priest Nikolay Kvich was kidnapped in Sevastopol. Later he was released. In April, the head of the Greek Catholic community of Yalta was forced to leave Crimea, as the FSB threatened him with prosecution for alleged terrorist activities. On September 2, 2014, a priest in the parish of Yevpatoria, B. Kostetsky, accompa- nied by a group of 15 parishioners left for Yalta; after this, the contact with him was lost. Later Kostetsky informed the priest Nikolay Gavrilyuk via the mobile phone that they were detained by unknown persons and kept in a basement. Then the contact was lost again. The reasons for his detention were not explained. On the morning of September 3, the priest called to say that he was released. The causes of this incident remain unknown. In addition, the priests of the Catholic Church have problems with visas. Most of them are foreign citizens, and the Church cannot get long-term visas for them. Ac- cording to the Russian migration legislation, they can conduct services staying in the territory of Crimea up to 90 days, and then leave for another 90 days. Many parishes are forced to act almost in ‘underground’ conditions, as the Rus- sian and local media spread anti-propaganda about the UGCC, claiming the Greek Catholics to be ‘radical nationalists’. Parishioners are afraid to talk about their reli- gion because of the threat of attacks. 4.12. Crimean Justice According to Article 6 of the Convention On Protection of Human Rights and Fun- damental Freedoms, everyone has the right to a fair and public hearing ... by an independent and impartial court established by law. By virtue of Article 54 of the Convention ‘On Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War’ (Geneva, August 12, 1949), the occupying state may not change the status of public o7 cials or judges in the occupied territories, or use any coercive measures against them if they ab- stain from fulR lling their duties for reasons of conscience. According to Article 9 of FKZ No. 6of March 21, 2014, , the court proceedings dur- ing the transition period were to be held by authorized judges appointed to their positions before the occupation according to the laws of Ukraine and working in the Ukrainian courts on the occupied territories in the moment of the adoption 125