Large protests erupted in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan on Jan. 17 after authorities sentenced a popular local rights activist to four years in prison. Protests are rare in Russia, and have ...

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 ...

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 ...

A military court in the city of Yekaterinburg sentenced five self-described Marxists from the neighboring republic of ...

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 ...

UFA, Russia -- The Supreme Court of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on November 7 rejected an appeal filed by Lilia Chanysheva -- the former regional leader of jailed opposition politician Aleksei ...

Satellite images show a large fire and heavy smoke at the facility, with the smoke stretching about 3 kilometers. The image was taken on the day of the attack, Sept. 24, and confirms the successful ...

MOSCOW — More than 1,000 people rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan on Friday, continuing a series of protests triggered by the conviction and sentencing of a local activist and handing a ...

Details: The drone attack was reported by Radiy Khabirov, the head of Bashkortostan. It happened around 11:00 (Moscow time) on Thursday. Khabirov reports that "there was smoke in the area of one of ...

Nov 4 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack damaged the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant deep inside Russia, causing a partial collapse of a water-treatment facility but no injuries, regional ...

The Bashkir government voted Monday to approve the nomination of Rustem Khamitov to replace the long-serving president of Bashkortostan, Murtaza Rakhimov. Rakhimov announced his retirement July 13 ...