The Oxford Dictionaries' initiative known as Oxford Global Languages (OGL) has added the Tatar language to its online list as the first Turkic language to be added to the program.
Russia's Mayak nuclear facility spewed deadly radiation 60 years ago, but was never closed and few moved out. Alarming numbers of its closest neighbors still appear to be dying prematurely.
The director of a private school in Russia's Tatarstan region faces suspension or a heavy fine for refusing to drop mandatory Tatar-language classes.
Tatar language classes are no longer mandatory in Russia's Tatarstan region, a senior official has announced.
Weeks after European agencies reported a radiation plume, Russian authorities have finally confirmed a release from a central region. But contradictory statements, and a lack of transparency, is fueling fears about what exactly happened.
People living near a nuclear reprocessing plant that is suspected to have caused a spike in radioactivity over the Ural Mountains in Russia say they were never warned by officials of any potential danger.
Dozens of activists across Russia's region of Bashkortostan picketed various sites in the region's capital on November 14, demanding that mandatory Bashkir language classes be continued in schools.
The president of Tatarstan says that Tatar language classes will remain mandatory at schools in the region but will be scaled back.
In July, President Vladimir Putin said it was "impermissible" for regions of Russia to compel students to learn languages other than Russian. The comments inspired one woman in Tatarstan to sue for damages suffered by her son, who was compelled to study the Tatar language.
Protesters have rallied in the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, demanding that Tatar-language classes be mandatory at schools in the region.
A hunger strike by nine people from Russia's southern Republic of Bashkortostan who paid for new apartments that were never delivered has entered its 12th day.
The Russian Justice Ministry has warned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that it may impose restrictions on some of the broadcaster's operations in Russia in response to what Moscow claims is pressure on Russian state-funded outlets in the United States.
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