Born in Deportation, Zevri Abseitov is a member of Crimean Tatars community in Ukraine. In 1992, short after Ukraine had declared its independence, Abseitov returned to Ukrainian Crimea and enrolled into a dental school. Upon graduation, Zevri Abseitov practiced at a local hospital, opened his own dental office and worked as a dentist up to his arrest. Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation brought back former Soviet Tatarophobia and discrimination against Tatars escalated sharply. Abseitov's wife Fatma and their four children live in Crimea.