On March 17 2018 the Chief Consultant of the Department on Reintegration and De-occupation of ARC of the Mission of the President Bahshysh Kerimov attended the tournament “Football against Racism” held in Henichesk. The participants of the event were the representatives of the District State Administration, Local Self Government of Mejlis of Crimea Tatar People and Regional Mejlis. The local artistic performances opened the tournament, initiated by the Crimea Tatar Resource Center.

The tournament passed from the 17^th to 18^th of March, in its framework the football matches were held among the teams from Kyiv, Melytopol, Novooleksiivka as well as from the temporarily occupied peninsula. The team – winner was awarded by the Diploma of the Mission and the gratitude was expressed to the Crimea Resource Center as a  organizer of the tournament.

Also Bahshysh Kerimov was invited by the Head of Regional Mejlis of Crimea Tatar People to take part in the protests against illegal elections in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea held at the check point “Chongar” on March,18 2018.