5,000 Bashkirs Protest Russian Mining, Putting Putin’s Plans To Make Russia Self-Sufficient In Manganese – OpEd

Some 5,000 Bashkirs have gone into the streets to demand that Moscow and Ufa end plans to continue to develop gold mining in at Middle Volga region. Ufa has not been able to quiet the protest, and Moscow is worried because the suspension of mining there could put at risk Putin’s plans to make Russia self-sufficient in...