Some Tatar journalists and activists are protesting the blessing given by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Muslim members of the Russian Winter Olympic team at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior last week.
Tatarstan's State Council speaker, Farit Mukhametshin, says a U.S. Consulate should be opened in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
The Supreme Court of the Russian republic of Bashkortostan sentenced the former deputy mayor of the town of Salavat to eight years in prison today, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
The Kremlin says the longtime president of the Russian republic of Tatarstan has asked not to be nominated for another term when his current one ends in March.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas is expected to visit Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, on January 27, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
A Tatar opposition newspaper editor convicted of propagating extremist views has been given an 18-month suspended sentence by a Kazan court, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Some schools in Tatarstan are claiming that the Russian republic's Education Ministry is trying to downgrade the role of the Tatar language, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
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.
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