When you imagine a gathering of exiled Russian opposition activists and thinkers, you likely picture something like a ...

Rinat Ramazanov, leader of the Bashkir ethno-rock band “Argymak,” co-founded Ay Yola.For eight years, until December 2024, he also headed the All-Russian Congress of Bashkir Youth.Ramazanov has posted ...

Moreover, the disproportion is also evident among political prisoners in Russia, where a high percentage are representatives of nationalities such as the Buryats, Bashkirs, Tatars and Caucasians ...

The Bashkirs have suffered for centuries at the hands of what is now modern Russia. Their repression, subsequent uprisings and fight for what is morally and culturally theirs, sheds great light on ...

The Russian government has always seen indigenous peoples, such as Bashkirs, Buryats, Tatars, Yakuts, and others, as expendable resources in the war against Ukraine. In response, the organization ...

Politics aside, several tangible benefits of the swap for the Kremlin were quick to emerge. Shortly after their release, left-wing politician Ilya Yashin, democracy activist Andrey Pivovarov, and ...

"If we take the Bashkirs, then about 80% support the idea of independence of Bashkortostan, among the Tatars — about half are positive. As for the Russians, of course, more than 80% do not support the ...

The mobilised Bashkirs have been trying to avoid direct participation in hostilities in Ukraine. Source: Ukraine's National Resistance Center (NRC) Details: This happens against the backdrop of ...

Bashkirs called up for service in the Russian military have been trying to avoid direct participation in hostilities in Ukraine. Source: Ukraine's National Resistance Center Details: This is happening ...