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The head of Russia's Bashkortostan said Thursday protests that shook the Urals region this week were organised by separatist "traitors" from abroad who want to start a "partisan war".

Fail Alsynov was fined last year for criticising Russia's mobilisation drive for the conflict in Ukraine, calling it a “genocide of the Bashkir people.”

Local media reported security forces used tear gas and stun grenades on demonstrators, after a court in Russia's Bashkortostan region handed down a four-year prison sentence to a local activist. Fail Alsynov was found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred over plans to bring in migrants for a new gold-mining project in the region. His supporters say the charges are politically motivated and many were arrested following the verdict. These are the biggest demonstrations in Russia since anti-war pro...

Violent clashes erupted between protesters and police after a court in central Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan jailed activist Fayil Alsynov on charges of inciting ethnic hatred, local media reported.

Protesters in a small town in Russias central Bashkortostan region clashed with riot police Wednesday after a court sentenced an activist to four years in prison.

Vladimir Putin appears to be facing a rebellion in the Republic of Bashkortostan where thousands have taken to the streets and clashes with riot police.

Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.

Riot police clash with protesters in small town in the Urals after Fail Alsynov was jailed.

Up to 10,000 people gathered outside a court in the city of Baymak in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan on Jan. 17 to protest a four-year prison sentence handed down to prominent Bashkir activist Fail Alsinov, according to The Insider Telegram channel.

Demonstrators angered at a jail sentence handed to an activist have faced off with police outside a courthouse in one of Russia's biggest protests since…