School principal fined over book "Hidden History of the Tatars"
A book called "Hidden History of the Tatars" was found in the library of School No. 4 in the village of Verkhneyarkeevo in Bashkortostan. It was previously recognized as extremist.
 
The director of the institution, Svetlana Khakimova, was fined 2,000 rubles. The woman was charged with distributing a book by Tatar writer Vakhit Imamov, which was recognized as "extremist" in 2020.
 
"Hidden History of the Tatars" tells about the uprisings of the Tatars and other peoples of the Volga region in the 16th-18th centuries. The reasons for its ban, among other things, were "calls for the separation of Tatarstan" and the use of the words "Russian yoke", "colonialists" and "punishers" in relation to the Russian authorities of that period.
Последние новости
Former Ingush MP Yakub Belkhoroev is being asked to receive a new prison sentence
Society
Former Ingush MP Yakub Belkhoroev is being asked to receive a new prison sentence
24 April 2026

The Prosecutor's Office has requested a 12-year prison sentence in a general regime penal colony for Yakub Belkhoroev, the former head of the Ingush Social Insurance Fund, in Moscow's Presnensky Court. He is accused of embezzling nearly 14 million rubles in budget funds, distributed among close associates under the guise of insurance payments for fictitious industrial accidents.

Azerbaijan, following Armenia, condemned the burning of the Turkish flag in Yerevan
Politics
Azerbaijan, following Armenia, condemned the burning of the Turkish flag in Yerevan
24 April 2026

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry condemned the burning of the Turkish flag that took place on April 23 in Yerevan during a torchlight procession. The ministry stated that the Armenian authorities should have prevented the procession in a timely manner, calling it "an expression of deep-rooted ethnic hatred."

A Dagestani resident was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack
Society
A Dagestani resident was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack
24 April 2026

Dagestani resident Vadim Abdullaev was sentenced by the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don to 14 years in prison for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on a school in Makhachkala and recruiting supporters of the Islamic State (IS). There is no information about the defense or Abdullaev's position in the case file.

Armenian leaders honored the memory of the victims of the genocide, and Pashinyan called for the tragedy not to be politicized
Politics
Armenian leaders honored the memory of the victims of the genocide, and Pashinyan called for the tragedy not to be politicized
24 April 2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, along with President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan, honored the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire by visiting the Tsitsernakaberd memorial.