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'Berlin Wall's Lessons For Today'

In an op-ed for "USA Today," Jeffrey Gedmin discusses RFE and the role of free media in societies living under repressive regimes. More
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RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service

 

The Tatar-Bashkir Service was established in 1953 as part of Radio Liberty, broadcasting to the Soviet Union. RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir broadcasts are especially popular among politicians, intellectuals, and decision-makers and provide listeners with objective news and information not available from Russian media. Radio Azatliq is the only major international broadcaster in the Tatar and Bashkir languages. For decades, the service also has produced broadcasts in the Crimean Tatar language.

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Russian Muslim Leaders Condemn Priest's Killing

A spokesman for the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Russia's European Territories has condemned the murder of Orthodox Priest Daniil Sysoyev in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More

Before The Autumn Revolutions, The Moscow Spring

Before the autumn revolutions in Eastern Europe, there was the Moscow Spring in the Soviet Union. In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev's reform policies hit their high-water mark, as the USSR held its first competitive elections, press freedom flourished, and civil society awakened. More

Prominent Tatar Activist Talks Of Leaving Russia

Prominent Tatar activist Fauzia Bayramova has said she wants to leave Russia because of the pressure put on her by federal authorities for her political activism, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. More

Tatar Supreme Court Jails Hizb Ut-Tahrir Members

Tatarstan's Supreme Court has sentenced several members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. More

Ukraine Says Islamists Planned To Kill Crimean Tatar Leader

Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko says members of a radical Islamic movement arrested on October 26 planned to kill the leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. More
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Facts & Stats

Map of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan

TATARSTAN

Population
3.8 million

Ethnic Groups:
Tatars 52.9%
Russians 39.5%
Chuvash 3.3%
Others 4.2%

Religions:
Sunni Islam
Russian Orthodox
 
Languages:
Tatar
Russia

BASHKORTOSTAN

Population
4.1 million

Ethnic Groups:
Russian 36%
Bashkir 30%
Tatars 24%
Chuvash 3%
Mari 2.6%
Ukrainian 1.3%
Other 3%

Religions:
Islam
Orthodox Christian

Languages:
Russian 100%
Tatar 34%
Bashkir 26%

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