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, ...

A judge in the republic of Bashkortostan on Tuesday sentenced a journalist and activist to 12 years in prison over her past ties to Alexei Navalny’s banned political organization and for spreading ...

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

A drone struck an oil refinery in Russia's republic of Bashkortostan, nearly 1,000 miles from the border with Ukraine, the most far-reaching drone attack on a Russian target in the war so far ...

Bashkortostan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs called the demonstrations an “unauthorized rally” and said police have begun investigating “mass unrest,” in a post on Telegram.

Tensions in Baymak, in the Republic of Bashkortostan region of Russia, flared on Monday after residents gathered outside the courthouse to protest over the trial of the activist, Fail Alsynov. Mr.

Bashkortostan, a region of 4.1 million people in the southern Urals mountains where Europe and Asia meet, is one of more than 80 republics and regions that make up the Russian Federation.

The ongoing protests in Bashkortostan demonstrate a potentially volatile mixture of personal, regional, and national politics that could be difficult for President Vladimir Putin's highly ...

Jan 27 (Reuters) - A young man has died after being detained this month in Russia's Bashkortostan region after it was jolted by a series of rare protests, a rights group said on Saturday.

In Bashkortostan, documents like this six-page report on the regional “information space” from December 2021 summarized criticism of Mr. Putin from pundits and bloggers.