Interfax reports that Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Russian-occupied Crimea, has banned public events (and therefore any political demonstrations) until June 6. Aksyonov's declaration reads:

"Following the ongoing events across many cities in the south-east of Ukraine, as a result of which there have been deaths and injuries among the peaceful, civilian population, in order to avoid possible provocations by extremists, who are capable of infiltrating the territory of the Crimean Republic, and to avoid the disruption of the holiday season in the Crimean Republic, the staging of public events is prohibited until June 6, 2014."

As Interfax notes, this ban would prevent the planned rally by Crimean Tatars to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the deportations of Crimean Tatars by Stalin on May 18.