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, Bashkortostan -- The Russian government has appointed a new Federal Security Service (FSB) chief in the Bashkortostan office, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. General Viktor Palagin will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soar over Ufa in Russia, the vibrant capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, where the Belaya and Ufa rivers meet against ...

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 ...

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 ...

Residents of Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, staged a protest on Friday in support of Fail Alsynov, a prominent local activist who was sentenced to four years in prison on ...

The First News Channel has found out when Belarusian bison appeared in Russia's Bashkortostan and how they feel there. Booklets titled “The History of the Bashkir Bison” could be spotted on the table ...