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Russia's Justice Ministry on July 25 labeled 55 organizations registered abroad as extremist because of their association the banned Anti-Russia Separatist Movement, a grouping that is non-existent.
Prosecutors asked a court in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on July 24 to sentence activist Gleb Kalinychev to four years in prison for sending 1,899 rubles ($21.9) to late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2021-22.
Russia's financial watchdog, Rosfinmonitoring, on July 23 added to the list of terrorists and extremists musician Eduard Sharlot, who was arrested in November on his return from Armenia, where he publicly protested against Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The jailed former member of late Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Bashkortostan, Olga Komleva, has been additionally charged with distributing false information about Russian military, the Basmanny district court in Moscow said on July 23.
A court in Russia's Tatarstan region on July 16 fined feminist activist Dina Nurm and her partner, Anastasia Goncharenko, 100,000 rubles ($1,130) each for "propagating LGBT relations."
A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane crashed in Russia's Tatarstan region on July 10, killing three of the four people on board.
With President Vladimir Putin pushing his version of “traditional” Russian values, ethnic and sexual minorities have been increasingly marginalized in a country where anything that does not toe the Kremlin line is seen as a threat. But one small record label in Tatarstan is fighting back.
Google said on June 27 it added 110 languages in one day, including those of multiple ethnic groups in the Russian Federation, including Bashkir, Buryat, Chechen, Chukchi, Chuvash, Meadow Mari, Komi, Ossetian, Saami, Tuvan, and Yakut.
The Supreme Court of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan has rejected an appeal by RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva against a decision to extend her pretrial detention.
A court in the Russian Urals region of Orenburg on June 11 sentenced a former Wagner mercenary group fighter to 18 years in prison for stabbing to death his friend's mother, attempting to murder his friend, and theft.
Authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region on June 10 suspended operations for three hours at the international airport in Kazan "for security reasons."
A former Russian inmate, who was convicted of murder but freed from serving the remainder of his term after joining the Wagner mercenary group to fight in Ukraine, has been convicted and sentenced for a new murder after returning home from the front line.
Turkmenistan Airlines suspended flights from Ashgabat to Kazan, the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, from June 2, without explanation.
Authorities in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan on May 23 suspended operations at several industrial facilities and airports in Kazan, the capital, and Nizhnekamsk "for security reasons" over "possible drone attacks."
The Memorial human rights group on May 22 recognized Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov as a political prisoner.
Authorities in the Russian region of Tatarstan on May 15 shut down two major airports -- one in the region's capital, Kazan, and another in the city of Nizhnekamsk -- for several hours "for security reasons" following a drone attack.
The Memorial human rights center on May 15 recognized four Russian journalists arrested in recent months on charges of taking part in an extremist group's activities as political prisoners.
Lilia Chanysheva, former leader of late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Ufa, who is serving 9 1/2 years in prison on extremism charges, has asked President Vladimir Putin to pardon her.
A military court in the Russian city of Samara on May 7 sentenced anti-war activist Andrei Boyarshinov from the Tatarstan region to five years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism and calls for terrorism.
A court in Russia's Kirov region sentenced a former fighter with the Wagner mercenary group on April 24 for murdering and raping a woman.
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