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When Tatar parents want to show their children the exquisite wash basins that were excavated at the ancient town of Bolgar, they have to pack up and head to Moscow's State Historical Museum.

The head of the Ulema Council of the Russian Council of Muftis, talks about the tensions between Muslims and Orthodox, Wahabi propaganda and problems with Muslim migrants in Tatarstan.

MOSCOW, June 11 A 19-year-old Russian woman, who a local tabloid said "demeaned" the city of Kazan by posing naked in front of a downtown landmark, faces up to six years in jail for the illegal production of pornography, a spokeswoman for the local prosecutor's office told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

While preparing for our latest cycle of training workshops in Central Asia this year, my team at NewEurasia and I have made an unhappy discovery about Wikipedia: its English-laguage resources on journalism are organizationally scatter-brained, are dishevelled content-wise, and worst of all, hardly exist in any of the languages of Central Asia .

The Duma is considering introducing amendments to legislation to ban same-sex couples abroad from adopting Russian foster-children. Two Duma committees are to consider the issue on June 13, after a number of countries including France recently adopted gay marriage legislation The government has sent a draft bill to the State Duma which would give ... (more)

Kazan-based KAPO-Composit and Aerocomposit Company) will perform the test launch of production of components for the wing and tail assembly of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 and oeS-21 aircraft in July or August, RBC reports.

The Northern Capital was the only Russian city to make the list this year. RBTH introduces apps for modern gadgets and devices that may be indispensable for foreigners who visit St.