The most recent set of protests in Russia, in Bashkortostan, shook the whole country. Journalist Alyona Istomina, who writes for the environment focused independent media Smola, went to the republic ...

In mid-January, the Republic of Bashkortostan, also known as Bashkiria, (including the regional capital Ufa) was shaken by protests in support of Fail Alsynov, a leading Bashkir nationalist activist.

This article first appeared in Novaya Vkladka on June 17, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Tea gatherings around a samovar are a ...

The trial and conviction of an activist in the Ural Mountains region sparked one of the biggest outbreaks of social unrest since the start of the war. By Anatoly Kurmanaev The trial of a minority ...

A fight is heating up between one of the Russia’s largest chemical consortia and members of the local population in Bashkortostan, just south of the Ural mountains. The reason? A disappearing chain of ...