A bill snaking its way through the Duma on the teaching of native languages has representatives of Russia's so-called ethnic republics up in arms, arguing that Moscow's intention is to "make everyone Russian."
The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, arrived in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan on June 14 for a working visit, the Kazakh presidential website says.
Desperate villagers have painted "SOS" in big letters on their roofs to get help from the authorities in Tatarstan, Russia. Their houses are crumbling, they have no running water, and the last public buses were in March.
The head of Tatarstan's symphony orchestra has come under fire for comparing Tatar music to a hodgepodge salad.
Announcements have appeared online in the Bashkortstan capital proclaiming a "homophobic game" named after the popular horror movie Saw, and LGBT activists cite "dozens" of cases of violence, intimidation, extortion, and other harassment.
Activists of an unregistered Bashqort organization that promotes Bashkir culture in the Russian region of Bashkortostan have urged the regional leadership to investigate a recent performance by a Russian comic, in which, they say, he insulted the Bashkir language and a historic figure.
Security authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region have detained 14 alleged members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.
A man in Tatarstan who complained that regional tax authorities and a bank did not provide services in the Tatar language has been charged with inciting ethnic hatred.
A group of parents in Tatarstan has urged the government of the Russian region to return mandatory Tatar-language classes to schools across the republic.
Authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region have rejected a complaint from a local man who says regional tax officials and a state-owned bank are providing services in Russian only, not in the Tatar language.
A businessman from Russia's Tatarstan region says Ukraine has rejected his petition for political asylum.
A court in Russia's Tatarstan region has fined poet Lilia Gazizova for tearing a ballot at a polling station during the March 18 presidential election.
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