Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for May 8-13, 2021

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Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for May 8-13, 2021   

1.      St. Petersburg’s Pandemic High Plateau Said ‘Unstable’

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2.      Bolshevik Coup ‘Greatest Geopolitical Disaster of 20th Century’ as Without It, Neither Hitler nor World War II Would have Happened, Solonin Says

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3.      Khrushchev’s Amnesty of 50,000 Banderites and Forest Brothers in 1955-56 Led to Demise of USSR, Gushchin Says

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4.      Current Wave of Repression in Russia about Elections Not about Regime Change, Ananyev Says

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5.      May 9, 1945, ‘Best Day in Soviet History,’ Being Drained of Reasons It Was, Gozman Says

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6.      ‘Unifying Two Poor Regions Only Doubles Poverty,’ Birobidzhan Residents React to Latest Amalgamation Idea

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7.      Russian Officials Give Veterans Stale Gingerbread, Empty Promises and Cards Rather than Real Help

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8.      Russia Should Reach Herd Immunity by the Fall, Health Minister Says

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9.      Putin’s Victory Day Speech Departed from Earlier One in Four Key Ways

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10.  Ten Victory Day Stories that Didn’t Make Headlines in Russia

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11.  Ten Russian Jokes about Americans Say More about Russia than about the US

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12.  Could Russians Really ‘Do It Again’? One of Their Number Asks

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13.  Russian Middle Class Least Able to Defend Itself and Thus Remains at Risk, Vinogradov Says

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14.  In Central Asia, Islam Shifting from Ethnic to Political for Governments as Well as Individuals, Experts Say

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15.  Putin’s Mixed Message: He Still Strictly Self-Isolates But Urges Russians to Get Vaccinated and Return to Normal

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16.  Situation Heating Up Again in Ingushetia

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17.  Bashkirs Upset by Power of Tatar Lobby in Moscow, Want Center to Redress the Balance

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18.  Putin Witnessed Demise of ‘Uncivil Society’ in Eastern Europe and Acts to Prevent that Happening in Russia, Trudolyubov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2021/05/putin-witnessed-demise-of-uncivil.html

19.  Moscow’s Plan to Deport Illegal Immigrants Threatens Their Countries with Higher Unemployment, Increased Poverty and Intensified Border Conflicts

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20.  Putin’s Second Lie Worse than First Because It Shows ‘Putin is the Hitler of Today,’ Skobov Says

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21.  Russia’s Younger Sixties Generation has Failed to Achieve Its Goals, Samodurov Says

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22.  Nearly Half of Muscovites Believe Third Wave of Pandemic has Begun in Russia

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23.  ‘Russia isn’t North Korea’ – Neither Regime nor People Will Close It Off from the World, Shelin Says

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24.  Linking Smaller Russian Cities Together Will Boost Birthrate and Reduce Pressure on Megalopolises, Urban Experts Say

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25.  School Shootings in Russia Not as Common as in US but Not a Rarity Either

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26.  Russia a Corporation Not a State and Its Regime Can’t Be Destroyed, Only Outlasted, Inozemtsev Says

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27.  Nakhichevan Corridor will Help Russia, Hurt the US, and Keep Azerbaijan from Becoming ‘a Vassal of Turkey,’ RUSSTRAT Says

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28.  Democracy Failed in Russia Because Everyone Focused on Economy Rather than on Political Institutions, Lev Gudkov Says

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29.  Three Out of Five Russians Say They Won’t Get Vaccinated, Levada Center Finds

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30.  24 Years Ago Today, Yeltsin Signed a Peace Treaty with Chechnya Moscow Didn’t Keep

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31.  Buryats Abroad Could Help Buryats in Russia Overcome Their Divisions, Ochirov Says

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32.  Russia Reacted Angrily to Possibility of US Bases in Central Asia but Faces Bigger Challenge from China, Moscow Experts Say

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33.  Tajiks of Tajikistan and Tajiks of Afghanistan Said to Have No Interest in a Unified State

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34.  Soviet People Much Less United During World War II than Kremlin Claims

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35.  Another Punished People, the Khemshils, Struggles to Define Itself between Turks and Armenians

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36.  Putin-Biden Summit May Be Virtual Rather than Face to Face

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37.  Few Russians Speaking Up for Ingush Seven, Leaving Them to a Tragic Fate, Relatives Say

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38.  Circassians Debate Plans in Advance of May 21st Anniversary

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39.  Moscow Wants to Sideline NGOs and Restore Military Consultations During Its Chairmanship of Arctic Council

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40.  Blaming the West for Russia’s Revanchism is Simply Wrong, Gretsky Says

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41.  Ethnic Russian Converts to Islam Adding to Islamization of Russian North, Even Orthodox Priest Says

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42.  Labor Actions Spreading Across Russian Federation

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