Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia for June 21-27, 2022
Chechnya
ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ КАБИНЕТА МИНИСТРОВ ЧЕЧЕНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ИЧКЕРИЯ, ЗА №39
Because of Putin’s War in Ukraine, World Now Views Russia’s Wars in Chechnya with New Eyes, Anzor Maskhadov Says
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Because of Putin’s War in Ukraine, World Now Views Russia’s Wars in Chechnya with New Eyes, Anzor Maskhadov Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 7 – Yet another unintended consequence of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is that the international community is now viewing Russia’s two post-Soviet wars in Ukraine in a new way given that Russian forces in Ukraine today are behaving in much the same way they did in Chechnya two decades ago, Anzor Maskhadov says.
The son of the last president of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria who has lived in Norway for the last 16 years but who has now come to Ukraine to fight Russia and help the Ukrainians defend their land and reputation says many in the West now see Putin’s true face and understand that what he is doing in Ukraine now is what he did in Chechnya earlier. Read more
Ukrainian War Unsettles Russian Regions and Non-Russian Republics
Ukrainian War Unsettles Russian Regions and Non-Russian Republics
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 31
By: Paul Goble
March 8, 2022
Moscow has been extremely chary about reporting combat losses in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, electing instead to make the heads of the federal subjects responsible for doing so at the local level—lest it become immediately obvious to all Russians just how large these cumulative losses have become. But that decision, like the decision to make the federal subject heads responsible for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, may backfire on the central government. Not only is this forced delegation of responsibility likely to infuriate those governors, who will have to face public anger, but it may also highlight the extent to which “Russian” combat losses are concentrated in non-Russian areas and among rural Russians. Indeed, there is already growing evidence that non-Russian troops are dying in disproportionate numbers in Ukraine. So while most republic leaders have lined up behind Putin’s war, many in the national movements are now talking about pursuing secession from the Russian Federation. Read more
Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Aug. 6 – 11, 2021
Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Aug. 6 – 11, 2021
1. Moscow Giving Orders on Pandemic that Violate Russian Laws, Study Finds
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2. A Baker’s Double Dozen of Other Notable Stories from Russia This Week
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3. Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week, Chechens Drove Russians Out of Grozny
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Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for June 7-12, 2021
Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for June 7-12, 2021
1. Moscow Claims Success against Pandemic as Third Wave Hits Russia East of the Urals
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2. Russia’s Enemies aren’t Opponents but Threats to Russian Identity, Gudkov Says
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3. Federative Party Leader Leaves Russia But Vows to Continue the Fight
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In the Footsteps of Sykes-Picot Agreement Consequences / When the Student Outshines the Master — Part 2
In the Footsteps of Sykes-Picot Agreement Consequences / When the Student Outshines the Master — Part 2
By: Adel Bashqawi
20 November, 2020
*Part One
mentioned the Sykes-Picot Agreement signed in 1916, between France and Britain with the approval of two false witnesses representing both the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. The agreement aimed to divide territories, which were an “integral part of the Ottoman Empire,” between the two main signatories. [1]
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