RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service is the only major international news provider reporting in the Tatar and Bashkir languages to audiences in the Russian Federation’s multiethnic, Muslim-majority Volga-Ural region.
Activists in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan said on May 24 that police had detained Rafik Karimullin, the leader of the Azatliq (Liberty) youth organization, and the former leader of the banned All-Tatar Public Center (TIU), Zinnur Agliullin, after searching their homes.
A court in Russia's autonomous republic of Tatarstan has fined a 63-year-old woman for violating the “territorial integrity” of Russia for appeals on social media to learn the Tatar language.
The Supreme Court of Russia's Baskortostan region on April 18 rejected the appeal filed by Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov against a four-year prison sentence he was handed in January on a charge of inciting hatred that he and his supporters call politically motivated.
Russia's southern region of Orenburg and neighboring Kazakhstan continue to struggle with floodwaters that have forced thousands of residents to be evacuated. Water levels are expected to peak shortly in the Russian city of Orsk.
Drones struck industrial facilities, including drone-production sites, in Russia’s Tatarstan region on April 2, injuring 18 people, local officials said, in what appears to be the deepest such strike inside Russia.
A Russian court has extended the pretrial detention of RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva until June 5.
The Mash Iptash Telegram channel linked to Russia's law enforcement structures said on March 19 that a probe was launched against self-exiled Tatar political analyst Ruslan Aisin on charges of the rehabilitation of Nazism and violation of "foreign agent" status.
Hundreds of people gathered on the central square in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan region on January 19 to support activist Fail Alsynov after his sentencing two days earlier to four years in prison on a charge of "inciting ethnic hatred" sparked clashes with police.
Authorities in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan detained several noted activists on January 16, one day before a court is expected to pronounce the verdict and sentence of activist Fail Alsynov.
Sources close to law enforcement structures in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan told RFE/RL on January 11 that a local anti-war activist, Zulfia Sitdikova, was charged with the rehabilitation of Nazism and discrediting Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Prosecutors asked a court in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on January 11 to convict and sentence to four years in prison Fail Alsynov, the ex-leader of a banned Bashqort group, which for years promoted the Bashkir language and culture.
The Supreme Court of Russia's Tatarstan region on December 12 confirmed a lower court's decision to hold veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva in custody but reduced her detention term by one day, until February 4.
A prosecutor asked a court in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan region, on December 6 to sentence activist Ramila Saitova to five years in prison for her online posts protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Police in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan have searched the home and office of noted independent journalist Iskander Siradzhi in connection with a probe launched against RFE/RL correspondent Alsu Kurmasheva, who has been in detention center in Tatarstan's capital, Kazan, since October 18.
The Supreme Court of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan has denied the appeal filed by RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva against her pretrial detention on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, which she rejects.
A court in Russia has extended the detention of RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva by 72 hours. Kurmasheva, who holds dual Russian and U.S. citizenship, was picked up earlier this week by police on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.
Activists in Russia's Tatarstan said on October 10 that authorities in the republic’s capital, Kazan, refused to allow them to commemorate Tatars fallen during the 1552 siege of Kazan by Russian troops.
A court in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on September 13 ruled that an 86-year-old man who served 13 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder and attempted murder in 1959, should receive compensation of about 32 million rubles ($333,400).
A court in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan on September 11 sentenced blogger Parvinakhan Abuzarova to three years in prison on a charge of making calls online for Russian soldiers to desert the armed forces.
The popular online Tatar language school Ana Tele (The Mother Tongue) has announced its closure as of June 30.
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