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. Aisin told RFE/RL that the probe against him was "recognition of our contribution to the fight against this despotic regime," adding that "laws in a totalitarian country are criminal to start with." Aisin is known as an expert on ethnic and religious issues in Russia. His analytical articles and interviews are very popular across Russia and abroad. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service, click here.
