Fail Alsynov, a rights activist in Russia's Bashkortostan, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for inciting ethnic hatred. Clashes erupted between his supporters and police, with tear gas ...

Drones have attacked a Gazprom petrochemical complex in the city of Salavat in Bashkortostan, a federal entity of the Russian Federation, almost 1,500 km from the Ukrainian border. Bashkortostan head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian drones struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical plant in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic on Sept. 18, ...

Reports from the central Russian Republic of Bashkortostan say about 1,500 protesters gathered in the regional capital, Ufa, on Friday in a rare demonstration to protest the sentencing of activist ...

Since a Russian court in January sent his older brother, environmental activist Fail Alsynov, to prison for four years, Idel says he has lived in “fear of the unknown”. Fail’s sentencing in the ...

UFA, Russia -- A court in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, has sentenced eight men to up to 14 days in jail for taking part in an unprecedented rally earlier this week to ...

People in Bashkortostan are dissatisfied with the policies pursued by Moscow. Residents of Bashkortostan want to regain control over the money and resources that belong to their republic. Tatar ...

UFA, Russia -- A court in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan has sentenced noted activist Ramila Saitova to three years in a colony settlement after finding her guilty of calling for extremist ...

A video clip of a resident of Bashkortostan is circulating on the Internet. She urges the region's participants in the war in Ukraine to leave their positions and return home. "I call on all fighters ...

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union 35 years ago, the region - close to the Urals - proclaimed its autonomy, later cancelled by Vladimir Putin's “vertical of power”. In today's Urfa, home to ...