Whether perfect [in meeting ecological standards] or not…we simply don’t need…a mine. We need nature, we need health,” a ...

The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics, ...

State prosecutors are seeking a 13-year prison sentence for a journalist and activist in the republic of Bashkortostan over her ties to Alexei Navalny’s banned political organization and for allegedly ...

Olga Komleva has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her past volunteer work with Navalny’s banned party.

A Russian journalist was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday on charges of ''extremism'' over her links to an opposition group, part of an unrelenting crackdown on dissent.

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 ...

Bashkortostan, an oil-producing region of 4.1 million people, is one of more than 80 entities that make up the Russian Federation.

Bashkortostan accounts for 10-12% of copper production in the Russian Federation and is also a leading producer of zinc, gold and silver. Major non-metallic deposits include rock salt, as well as ...

TEHRAN – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) hosted a meeting with a trade delegation from Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan during which the two sides discussed ...

Moscow’s Basmanny Court has ruled to arrest the funds of Ural-Invest, a subsidiary of the charitable foundation Ural, where ex-Bashkortostan head Murtaza Rakhimov chairs the board of directors ...