A court in Russia's Bashkortostan fined school director Svetlana Khakimova 2,000 rubles (about $20) for keeping the book Hidden History of Tatars in her school's library. The book, written by Tatar historian Vakhit Imamov and published in 1994, was banned in 2019 after a local man complained that it incited "religious and ethnic hatred" and advocated Tatarstan's independence from Russia. The court deemed Khakimova guilty of distributing extremist materials, a charge that reflects increasing scrutiny of materials on Russia's non-Russian ethnic histories. This move is part of a broader trend in Russia where authorities are closely monitoring narratives around the country's diverse ethnic groups, especially those with histories of conquest and resistance.