In a move to placate recalcitrant Bashkir troops, Bashkir officers are transferring their compatriots to units that do not directly fight on the frontlines in Ukraine, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Feb. 18.
A court in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan sentenced prominent local activist Fayil Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on charges of “inciting interethnic hatred,” the regional news outlet Idel.Realii reported Wednesday. The case against the activist has mobilized many in the Ural Mountains republic who say that Alsynov is being unfairly targeted over his popularity and achievements defending the rights of Bashkortostan’s indigenous Bashkir peoples, their land rights, sacred sites and culture.
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