A Warrior Shaman And A Disputed Mayor: Russia`s Buryatia Is A Region On Edge
(World News Russia)

ULAN-UDE, Russia -- From the arrest of an anti-Kremlin shaman and protests over a disputed election that were brutally put down by police to the arrests of local activists -- at least one allied with the opposition politician Aleksei Navalny -- signs of public discontent are on the rise in the often-overlooked Russian region of Buryatia. The protests in this corner of Siberia were sparked by the detention earlier this month of supporters of Aleksandr...