Idel.Realities is a regional news outlet of RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service.
The coronavirus pandemic did not deter the faithful from attending a service at the Church of Our Lady of Tikhvin in Kazan, Russia. Many of the Orthodox Christian Kryashen-Tatars attending the mass on March 15 took communion from the same spoon. Medical experts have warned that sharing bodily fluids like saliva would most likely spread the coronavirus. Members of the congregation in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan were allowed to take communion from an individual cup if they wished.
Teachers and babysitters at schools and daycare centers in the town of Yelabuga in Russia’s oil-rich Tatarstan region are being asked to donate one-day's salary to a foundation run by a local city councilman for events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Twin Chinese men facing expulsion from Russia since losing contact with their Uyghur father and Tatar mother in China say they fear being sent to a "concentration camp" if their appeal for refugee status is rejected by Russian authorities.
Hundreds have bid farewell to Udmurt scholar Albert Razin, who died after he lit himself on fire in protest against Russia's language policies in the capital of the Volga region of Udmurtia.
A 79-year-old man who lit himself on fire protesting against Russia's language policies in the capital of the Volga region of Udmurtia has died.
A village in Russia's Chuvashia region is angry at plans to hand over 100 hectares of land for a Chinese dairy farm.
The head of Russia's libertarians has had feces dumped on him in the Tatar capital, Kazan, before a scheduled talk on May 19.
A Jehovah's Witness who fled Russia and sought refuge in Germany says he won't return until he can freely practice his religion in Russia, something he doesn't think will happen soon.
A Russian civil rights activist from the city of Samara in the Volga region says he has fled Russia with his wife and three children to avoid persecution.
Ksenia Sobchak rejects the notion that her Russian presidential run is a stunt, saying it could pave the way for real change.
