Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Dec. 21-26, 2020

Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Dec. 21-26, 2020   

1.      Pandemic Beginning to Exacerbate Class Tensions in Russia

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2.      Rostov Scholar Says Russian Political Scientists Must Adopt Critical Stance toward the State

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3.      No Longer Any Doubt that FSB has Officers Who Carry Out Political Murders for Kremlin, Guriyev Says

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4.      Pandemic has Set World on Path to Renewal but Moscow is Trying to Restore the Path, Shevtsova Says

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5.      Nearly Half of Russians have Written Something on Social Networks, New Study Reports

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6.      Current Popularity of Stalin More than Reaction to Post-Soviet Problems, Dolgareva Says

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7.      Qarabagh Conflict Far from Settled, Moscow Analyst Says

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8.      61 Percent of Russians Fear Infection, but 42 Percent are Certain Vaccine will End Pandemic

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9.      Navalny Revelations Prompt Some to Ask Whether Putin Should be Impeached

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10.  HSE Center Studies What is Best in Russian Society, Its Director Irina Mersiyanova Says

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11.  Russians Prepared for 2021 to Be Even Worse than 2020, Levada’s Levinson Says

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12.  Prosecutors in Ingush Seven Trial Trying to Obscure How Weak Their Case Is by Introducing Irrelevant Materials, Defense Lawyers Suggest

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13.  Belarus-Induced Fears Not Pandemic Driving Kremlin to Criminalize Politics, Davydov Says

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14.  Putin’s May 2012 Decrees Destroyed Russia’s Medical System, Auditing Chamber Says

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15.  Despite Pandemic Upsurge, Majority of Russians Still Say They Don’t Want to Get Vaccinated

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16.  Russians in Kazakhstan Differ from Russians in Russia, Moscow News Agency Says

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17.  FSB Confiscates Printrun of New Book on Stalin’s Deportation of Finns and Norwegians

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18.  Putin System Failing Because It is Deceiving Itself, Inozemtsev Says

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19.  Russia’s Buddhists Establish Large Online Presence and Become More Demanding

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20.  More than 1,000 Russian Cossacks have Died in Wars in Post-Soviet Space

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21.  Kurgan Oblast Reportedly to Be Combined with Tyumen into Single Duma Constituency But Some Kurgan Officials Said Seeking an Alternative

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22.  Pandemic Reduces Number of Orthodox Clergy in Moscow for First Time in Many Years

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23.  Russian Analyst Warns Armenians May Launch Terrorist Attacks Against Russian Forces

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24.  Liberal Democracies have Fought Pandemic but Authoritarian Countries have Exploited It to Tighten Control, Inozemtsev Says

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25.  Increasingly Restrictive Laws Keep Pouring Out of Duma

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26.  Some in Birobidzhan Want to Replace Region’s Rainbow Flag Because of Its Links to Gay Movement

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27.  Another Witness at Ingush Seven Trial Contradicts Official Charges

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28.  Experience of Bashkir Republic Founder Critical for Those Seeking Federalism in Russia Now, Sidorov Says

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29.  ‘Only in Russia:’ Government Funds Grow as Incomes of Population Fall

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30.  Russian Nationalism Can’t Arise Because Russians aren’t a Fully-Formed Nation, Shapovalova Says

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31.  Putin May Give Up Some Powers Lest He Be Threatened with Ouster as Lukashenka Now Is, Gallyamov Says

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32.  Putin Regime Building Defenses Against Challenges of Past Not Those of Present and Future, Pastukhov Says

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33.  ‘Armenia Must Normalize Relations with Baku and Ankara or Pack Its Bags and Move,’ Libaridian Says

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34.  West Must Oppose Russian Intervention in Belarus Under Cover of Minsk-Moscow Forces Accord, Kostsov Says

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35.  Navalny Case Reinforcing Russian Acceptance of Kremlin’s Vision of World, Sergey Medvedev Says

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36.  Russia Registers Three Millionth Case of Coronavirus Infection

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37.  Moscow’s Plan to Carve New Federal Territory Out of Portions of Stavropol Kray, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karchayevo-Cherkessia Angering Regional Officials

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38.  Pandemic has Left Russians More Divided and Less Willing to Compromise than Ever Before, Psychologist Says

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39.  Pandemic has Further Undermined Federalism in Russia, Luzin Says

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40.  Again, Russia Faces Not Just Falling Oil Prices but Declining Production — With Few Prospects of Restoring Either

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41.  Russians Increasingly Can’t Afford Quality Alcohol and are Turning to Cheap and Dangerous Kinds, Bulgakova Says

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42.  2020 ‘Year of the Spy’ as Far as Mutual Expulsions of Russian and Foreign Diplomats are Concerned, Mineyev Says

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