A movie by an Iranian director has won the top prize at the Eighth International Festival of Muslim Cinema in the capital of Russia's Tatarstan Republic, Kazan.
A court in Kazan, capital of Russia's Tatarstan Republic, has begun hearings in a high-profile case of alleged torture by police.
The International Festival of Muslim Cinema opened in the capital of Russia's Tatarstan Republic on September 5. The festival, scheduled to last until September 11, will screen 40 films from 28 countries including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service video
Russian investigators say the message "Free Pussy Riot!" was scrawled above the bodies of two women who were found slain in the city of Kazan.
A disabled-rights campaigner in Tatarstan is suing the authorities in the Russian republic over what he sees as subpar access rights for disabled people. And by the looks of some of the photos he's provided, he has a point.
Authorities in the Russian republic of Tatarstan say three suspected members of an Islamic group that was planning a terrorist attack have been killed in an explosion, which tore their car apart.
Seven suspects arrested in connection with last month's attack against Islamic religious leaders in Tatarstan have been released.
Following a police raid on the group's compound on August 1, RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service interviewed members of an Islamic sect in Kazan that has lived underground for over a decade. Children living underground with the group were sent to hospitals for check-ups, and some members of the sect may face charges of criminal negligence. One mother described being forcibly separated from her children during the raid.
Russia's republic of Tatarstan has adopted new restrictions on religious groups and foreign-educated clerics.
At least four members of a Muslim "catacomb" sect in Tatarstan have been charged with child abuse after allegedly keeping dozens of children underground for nearly a decade.
Officials from Russia's Investigative Committee in the republic of Tatarstan have said that authorities are looking for two local citizens allegedly involved in a July attack against two Islamic clerics.
An apparent Islamic militant is claiming responsibility for attacks in Tatarstan last month that killed a prominent Islamic cleric in the Russian republic and seriously injured the chief mufti.
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