Activists from the Azatliq Youth Union organized a "March of Grief" in Kazan today to draw attention to the status of the Tatar language in Tatarstan, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Ravil Gainutdin, the chief of Russia's Council of Muftis, says the unification of all the country's Muslims is not on the agenda, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Police are investigating an assault on two journalists in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
A Tatar university professor says his contract was not extended due to his criticism of the republic's president, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Tatarstan's capital, Kazan, is usually thought of as a political hub. But the city also has a vibrant cultural life that focuses on preserving the legacy of some of Russia's most illustrious cultural figures.
Russia's Council of Muftis has recognized the coach of the champion soccer team Rubin Kazan at a ceremony in Moscow, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Activists in Tatarstan say they are preparing to launch protest actions in support of a jailed blogger, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Irek Murtazin, a blogger and former press secretary of Tatar President Mintimer Shaimiyev, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for libeling his former boss and "instigating hatred and hostility" toward a social group, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
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.
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.
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.
Tatarstan's Supreme Court has sentenced several members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
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