Russia's Justice Ministry has labeled four current and former RFE/RL journalists as "foreign agents" -- a designation used by the government to designate what it says are foreign-funded organizations that are engaged in political activity, as well as people linked to them.
The arrested former leader of a regional organization for jailed opposition activist Aleksei Navalny in Russia's Bashkortostan has been transferred to a detention center in the Moscow region.
The former lawyer of a regional organization for jailed opposition activist Aleksei Navalny has left Russia amid an ongoing crackdown on the defunct organizations associated with the Kremlin critic that were labeled as extremist earlier this year.
A court in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan has sentenced noted activist Ramila Saitova to three years in a colony settlement after finding her guilty of calling for extremist activities.
A court in Russia's Tatarstan region has sentenced a prominent Islamic scholar to 6 1/2 years in prison for running a branch of a banned religious group.
One person was killed and three injured in a gas explosion in an apartment block in Russia’s Tatarstan region.
Lawmakers in Tatarstan have voted against a bill initiated in Russia's lower chamber of parliament -- the State Duma -- that would abort the title of president currently held by the head of the Russian autonomous republic.
An opposition activist in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan has been found alive after going missing for days.
A bill expected to become law would require the leaders of all Russian regions to be called "regional head." In Tatarstan, the drive to strip the republic of its "president" is seen as a targeted assault on federalism as part of a concerted drive to bolster Putin's so-called "power vertical."
Some personal belongings of a missing opposition activist in Bashkortostan have been found in a forest near the Russian republic's capital, Ufa.
Sixteen people were killed when an aircraft carrying skydivers crashed shortly after takeoff in the Russian region of Tatarstan.
Authorities in Kazan have allowed activists to gather in the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan next week for a public event commemorating the 1552 siege of Kazan by Russian troops -- but only if they remain inside a park.
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