The most recent set of protests in Russia, in Bashkortostan, shook the whole country. Journalist Alyona Istomina, who writes for the environment focused independent media Smola, went to the republic ...

In mid-January, the Republic of Bashkortostan, also known as Bashkiria, (including the regional capital Ufa) was shaken by protests in support of Fail Alsynov, a leading Bashkir nationalist activist.

Bashkir Leader Promotes Forum To Defend Sovereignty In his interview with RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir service on 24 December, the leader of the Bashkir People Center, Ehter Bosqynov, called the current ...

Hundreds of warmly bundled people, many with small children, were milling about aimlessly in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan region, on January 19. But there was tension in the air. When ...

The trial and conviction of an activist in the Ural Mountains region sparked one of the biggest outbreaks of social unrest since the start of the war. By Anatoly Kurmanaev The trial of a minority ...