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Bashkir Authorities Reportedly Charge Opposition Leader With Extremism |
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Monday, 11 July 2005 |
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Interfax quotes an unnamed official in the Bashkir Prosecutor-General's
Office as saying Airat Dilmukhametov, leader of the unregistered Bashkir National
Congress, is charged with inciting riots in Ufa in March with the aim of seizing
power in Bashkortostan.
Interfax quotes the official as saying prosecutors opened a
criminal case against Dilmukhametov in April after the riots.
Source: RFE |
