THE AFTERMATHS OF THE OCCUPATION: A POLITICAL REPRESSIONS SYSTEM PART 3 in 2014, according to o7 cial data only, the number of pupils in the Ukrainian- medium classes has been decreased by six times34. This picture is complemented by the facts of the demonstrative destruction of Ukrainian books and textbooks 35 in front of students by school management. 36 The situation in Crimea as seen by designer Liza Bogutskaya from Simferopol: September 4, 2014 – “Just came back from a school meeting [...] The class has 14 people. Most parents protested against the absence of the Ukraini- an language and literature. They were outraged by the fact that their chil- dren cannot learn the state language of Crimea. As a result, we decided to write a collective petition on adding the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages to the curriculum. I took the responsibility.” September 16, 2014: “Crimea is overwhelmed with repressions. I blame them directly on the election results [...] My dear Crimeans. Those who feel that the repressive machine can be after you. Please hide your devices in a safe place. I’m asking you to buy at a market an old laptop and to use it to access the Internet. If they take it away, you won’t regret it. All your memory cards, cameras, navigators, recorders need to be in safe places... Only now I have realized that I could have saved my computers, phones, and media.” September 24, 2014: “After my departure from Crimea, journalists from Hromadske TV came to Simferopol. I saw this video for the + rst time today. This + lm is not about me. This + lm is about broken lives, the tragedies that came to every family. My husband, a Ukrainian, is holding back tears as he talks about our separation. Yesterday my friend, a Crimean Tatar, left from Simferopol to Lviv with her sister. Their mother cried at the train station, as if saying goodbye for good. My other friends, a family, Russians, husband and wife, are leaving next week, leaving their children and grandchildren in Sim- feropol. Rails lie ahead of them, with rows of trees on the sides. Then a long drive to nowhere. Another friend, a Jew, is closing his business. And selling the house. He leaves the day after tomorrow. This is the tragedy of all his life.” […] February 23, 2015: “AGGRESSION! This is the main sign of the Russian presence in Crimea. Crimeans have never been so hostile to each other. They never raised the issues of national and territorial allegiance. The issue of citizenship has never been a priority. But today, hearts and minds are possessed by quiet hatred.” 34 The o7 cial response of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea regarding the number of educational institutions and the children studying in Ukrainian, Russian, and Crimean Tatar language media dated December 24, 2014 No. 18357/01-27 by the request of the RF President’s Council for Development of Civic Institutions and Human Rights. 35 Based on the data of the Committee on the Rights of the Crimean Tatar people 36 Published on her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/liza.bogutskaya 53