On September 27, 2019, the security forces once again searched Ametov's house and cafe.

As a result, he was charged with "illegal possession of weapons" and confiscated the IDs of a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people.

Besides, he was fined twice: 150 and 250 thousand rubles (a total of almost 148 thousand hryvnia - ed.). The first time for possessing alcohol in the cafe without a license, which Ametov did not even know about.

"My employees decided to celebrate the end of the season and brought a few bottles of alcohol to the cafe", - he told Suspilne Crimea.

The second time, he was fined for paying his employees through the cashier of the cafe (receipts are available - ed.).

Ilver Ametov. Source: Suspilne Crimea

The criminal case against Ilver Ametov has been continuing for 2 years.

"Riot police came to me, they started turning everything upside down, the whole museum. I used to make a corner of the WW2 in the museum: helmets, rusty rifles, and one barrel - my son brought it, it looks like a pipe - this thing, it was behind the glass. They took it away. There was a gun, dissidents gave it to me in Moscow, they said that 200 people were shot with this gun during one night. It was damaged, unsuitable for firing. Bayonet, knives - they took it all away. Then they started accusing me that this barrel was suitable for shooting", - he says.

Showcase with weapons in the museum. Source: Suspilne Crimea

A man has been collecting old things for over 30 years. He turned his house into a museum and said that his collection concerns not only Crimean Tatar history.

Nine years ago a fire broke out in the old building of the museum, most of the collection was destroyed by fire.

He says that the collection began with a clay jug in which Ilver's mother poured him yoghurt.

"I remember, my mother told me: be careful, don't break it. In 1944 my father put the grain in this jug - and it went with them to Gorky. From Gorky to Uzbekistan, from Uzbekistan to the Kuban, from the Kuban, it came here. When I learned this story, I decided, we need to keep it, in memory", - he explains.

In the photo in the newspaper Ametov's parents. Source: Suspilne Crimea

The collector emphasizes that he does not have a profit from his museum.

“I only let schoolchildren and children come here. The door is always open for them. Their souls are pure. I do not let adults. After all, I did not set a goal to make money on it. If someone comes along, come and see. Without any announcements that I have a museum", - he said.

Ametov says he has repeatedly asked local authorities to give him land to make a museum for the city. However, neither before nor after the occupation of Crimea, no one helped him.

“I have repeatedly asked for a piece of land in the city so that I could build it on my own. I want a museum in the city. Promises remained promises. Now it is even more difficult", - the collector said.

Currently, the criminal case against Ametov is at the stage of independent examination of the seized exhibits.