believed to be the last independent Muslim congregation in the country. Officials from a court-appointed Liquidation Commission arrived at the Din-Muhammad Tatar-Bashkir Mosque in the city of ...

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.

Mr. Alsynov had called for greater cultural and economic autonomy for the predominantly Muslim Bashkir people of Russia’s Ural Mountains. Mr. Alsynov has also criticized Russia’s invasion of ...

Hello, could I have a cup of tea here?”- I asked in one of Ufa's cafes near the monument to Bashkir national hero Salavat Yulaev. — “Of course! What would you like: Horsemeat, lamb ...