Idel.Realities is a regional news outlet of RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service.
Six people died in a fire at a migrant workers’ temporary residence in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, highlighting the increasingly difficult conditions faced by those coming to Russia seeking work.
The Russian Supreme Court on November 22 ruled in favor of a petition by the Prosecutor General’s Office, declaring the international organization Post-Russia Free Nations Forum a terrorist group.
The Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Italy, has canceled appearances by opera singer Ildar Abdrazakov over his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Noted Russian mathematician and political prisoner Azat Miftakhov has been placed in solitary confinement for seven days, following his complaints about threats from his cellmate.
A court in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on November 19 sentenced activist Marat Sharafutdinov, the final defendant in the high-profile Karmaskaly case, to nine years in prison.
A court in Russia’s Bashkortostan fined school director Svetlana Khakimova 2,000 rubles (about $20) for keeping the book Hidden History of Tatars in her school’s library.
Investigators in the Russian North Caucasus region of Chechnya have launched a new probe against Zarema Musayeva, the jailed mother of three Chechen opposition bloggers in exile.
A Russian court granted the "immediate" release of ethnic Bashkir activist Rustem Mulyukov on November 12 due to his deteriorating health.
Jailed activist Ramilya Saitova (aka Galim) of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan has been placed under strict conditions in the Russian prison in the Perm region where she is serving a five-year sentence for her online post protesting Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Forensic evidence from an independent examination and seen by RFE/RL shows that activist Rifat Dautov died in January from internal bleeding due to multiple blows sustained after his arrest in Russia's Bashkortostan region.
Razif Abdullin, the chief editor of the online independent media outlet Aspekty, resigned from his position last week amid pressure from the authorities in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, according to a statement by Aspekty’s founder, Ruslan Valiyev.
Tatar activists Galishan Nuriakhmet and Rafik Karimullin were detained by police in Kazan, capital of Russia's Tatarstan region, for about an hour before being released on October 12, after several other activists had been detained in order to prevent them from attending a prayer in a mosque.
Independent Tatar journalist Iskander Siradzhi has been released from pretrial detention in the Russian city of Kazan after launching a hunger strike to protest the charges against him.
Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition figure who was exchanged in a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West in August, says Russia needs a new federal treaty that allows for regions to secede from the federation.
A father of 14 children from Russia's Tatarstan region who volunteered for service has been killed in the war in Ukraine.
More than 20,000 soldiers from Russia's Povolzhye -- territories comprising several regions around the Volga River -- have died in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor, according to calculations from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities.
Azat Miftakhov, recognized as a political prisoner by the human rights organization Memorial, will soon be transferred to a high-security prison, his support group said on September 28.
Bashkir activist Zagir Mukhamedyarov, who fled Russia fearing arrest, has been allowed to stay in the United States.
Bashkir activist Zagir Mukhamedyarov has fled Russia and entered the United States via Mexico fearing arrest.
Members of several of Russia’s ethnic groups held a demonstration on September 10 in Warsaw to remember ethnic Udmurt scholar and activist Albert Razin on the anniversary of his death by self-immolation in 2019.
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