MOSCOW, September 15. /TASS/. More than 8,000 mosques and madrasa Islamic schools have been built in Russia over the past 20 years, a deputy head of the Russian Mufti Council said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 17. /TASS/. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said Russian special forces freed hostages that were held in a Turkish mosque in Mariupol.

Days later, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, announced that the mosque would be moved to a much smaller site. “Russian authorities adjust policies under the nationalists’ pressure ...