INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thousands of protesters in central Russia's republic of Bashkortostan braved freezing temperatures on Monday as they called for the release
of an activist who is standing trial on charges of inciting ethnic hatred.Authorities accuse Fayil Alsynov of inciting ethnic hatred against
speech was mistranslated from his native language of Bashkir, in which the expression "black people" means "simple folk," according to Radio
Monday's demonstration as one of the largest since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which has coincided with a sweeping crackdown on
in Bashkortostan called Kushtau
