Bashkortostan President Tapped For Another Term
(RFE/RL) October 5, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- President Vladimir Putin today nominated the long-serving president of Bashkortostan for another five-year term in office, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reported.
Uzbek Gets Six Years On Human-Trafficking Charges
(RFE/RL) October 2, 2006 -- A pro-government Uzbek information website reports that a court in western Nawaiy Region has sentenced a farmer to six years in jail.
Tatarstan: Post Office Expands Into Vodka Business
In many poorer rural areas, vodka is even used to pay for services (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, August 15, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- It's been a dry summer in the far-flung villages of rural Tatarstan. Lack of water, though, is not the problem. A traditional antidote to the tedium of village life is suddenly and dramatically in short supply.
Clinic Takes HIV Battle To The Streets
A clinic in Kazan has launched a campaign to protect commercial sex workers from sexually transmitted diseases.
Germany Ordered To Pay Russian Airline For 2002 Collision
July 27, 2006 -- A German court ruled that Germany must pay damages to a Russian airline over a 2002 collision that killed 71 people.
Two Dozen Russian Muslims On Trial For Terrorism
Tatars from Kazan pictured on the haj to Mecca (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) July 10, 2006 -- Five Muslim teenagers appeared today in the highest court in the central Russian republic of Tatarstan accused of planning to commit terrorist attacks and create an Islamic state.
Country's Main Islamic University To Offer Secular Curriculum
For years, Russia's Muslims had go abroad for a formal religious education. But in 1998, the country's first Islamic university was founded in Tatarstan. Now a controversy is brewing over plans to add secular subjects to the curriculum.
The Future Of Russia's 'Ethnic Republics'
The April 16 referendum on merging southeastern Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast with Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was the fourth referendum in three years on merging a so-called ethnic administrative region with a predominantly Slavic administrative body.
Anger Prompts New Effort To Root Out Hazing
Another soldier's death, another investigation: Public outrage over hazing in the Russian military has prompted parliamentary debate.
Russian Court Overturns Acquittal Of Ex-Guantanamo Inmates
Prague, 17 January 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A London-based lawyer today said a Russian court had overturned an acquittal verdict handed down earlier on two former Guantanamo Bay detainees and a third suspect accused of involvement in a gas-pipeline explosion.
Russian Rights Campaigners Mark Human Rights Day
(RFE/RL) 10 December 2005 -- Russian human rights campaigners and representatives of democratic opposition parties say they will gather in central Moscow today to mark international Human Rights Day with a demonstration similar to the ones held during Soviet times.
Putin Reshuffles Cabinet, Administration
14 November 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today announced a series of changes in his cabinet and the Kremlin administration.