Recent talk of return to the direct election of governors set Russia's chattering classes off. But once the Kremlin rejected the idea, governors were quick to get in line to show their loyalty.
High energy prices have filled government coffers. But this has yet to trickle down to real improvements in many ordinary citizens' lives. As the presidential election approaches, many voters are not thinking about politics, but survival. Is the Kremlin listening?
Tatarstan's President Mintimer Shaimiyev says that Russia's regions should be given more authority, and called for the country to become a "democratic and civilized federal state."
September 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Golden Minbar International Muslim Film Festival kicks off today in Tatarstan's capital, bringing together actors and filmmakers from throughout the Muslim world.
Civic leaders in Tatarstan are criticizing a top Russian Orthodox Church official for suggesting that all citizens of Russia should be referred to using a word that traditionally describes only ethnic Russians.
August 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The St. Petersburg City Court has sentenced seven teenagers to prison sentences of up to 12 years for murdering an antiracism campaigner.
Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiyev has told RFE/RL that the republic is continuing on the path toward democracy -- but at its own pace.
Council of Muftis Chairman Ravil Gainutdin (file photo) (RFE/RL) MOSCOW, July 31, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia today decried the spread of racist ideology throughout Russia and called on authorities to do more to combat hate crimes.
The Tatar community in St. Petersburg says a young man who was murdered in early July was the victim of a racist attack.
Russia's upper house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of endorsing a power-sharing agreement between Tatarstan and Moscow.
July 4, 2006 -- The Russian lower house of parliament has approved a power-sharing deal with Tatarstan, which gives the oil-rich republic more autonomy than other Russian regions.
May 21, 2007 -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) opened its annual assembly on May 20 in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.
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