The director of a mobile-phone retailer in Russia's republic of Tatarstan has lost her job and is facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly disciplining her employees by forcing them to pose for photos in their underwear.
Novy Urengoi, in northwestern Siberia, has imposed harsh new restrictions on entry to the city, which is known as Russia's "gas capital." Both Russians and foreigners will now have to apply for special permission to visit Novy Urengoi. Local authorities say the move will help curb what they describe as an alarming boom in immigration and criminality.
A court in Ufa has reopened the trial of the former prime minister of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, Rail Sarbayev.
A new nationalities policy sets guidelines for policies affecting Russia's nearly 200 ethnic groups. Its drafting has provoked intense concern among them that the status of non-Russian nationalities could be diminished.
The wetlands of Russia's Tyumen region are the site of the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. But they are also home to Russians of Tatar descent. They live in the remote villages cut off from "the mainland" from spring through winter.
Police in Kazan, capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, have launched an investigation into an explosion that killed a man on November 20.
The president of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, has said that a Kazakh consulate would be opened soon in the Tatar capital, Kazan.
Tennis fans who still associate Marat Safin with the volatile party animal of old would find it hard to recognize the modest, seemingly devout Muslim who attended prayers in traditional Tatar dress during Eid al-Adha celebrations last week.
Investigators in Tatarstan say they are probing a video purportedly showing a man being tortured to death in a police station. The video, obtained and released by a local rights group, is the latest torture scandal to hit the Tatar police.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says a security operation in Kazan on October 24 prevented a major terrorist attack set to take place during an Islamic holiday.
Security forces in the Russian city of Kazan are engaged in a deadly clash with militants.
The president of the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan has dismissed the republic's government and assumed the responsibilities of prime minister himself.
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