Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Aug. 29 – Sept. 3, 2021
1. Pandemic Eases in Russian Capitals, Gets Worse Elsewhere
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
2. By Using Crude Power to Remove Opponents from Election, Kremlin Highlights Its Weakness and Fear, SerpomPo Telegram Channel Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
3. New Survey Shows ‘Adyge Khabze,’ the Code of the Circassians, Still Shapes that Nation
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
4. Over Last Three Decades, Tatarstan has Been Reduced from a Sovereign State to One Federal Subject among Others, Ablyakimov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
5. ‘A Real Federation Must have Only One Restriction – None of Its Parts Can Withdraw,’ Shevchenko Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
6. Kremlin Certain to ‘Win’ Elections But will Lose Russia’s Future, Inozemtsev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
7. FSB Arrests Show Importance of Osh-Centered Islamist Threat to Russia, Gorevoy Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
8. Some Regions are Counting Those with Fake Certificates as Vaccinated to Boost Their Numbers
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
9. Hyper-Centralization Played Major Role in Leading to Disintegration of USSR, Former Soviet Officials Warn
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
10. Russia Will Help Central Asian Countries Deal with Afghan Threat Only After They’ve Exhausted Their Own Resources, Andrey Grozin says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
11. Moscow’s Failure to Abide by 1996 Khasavyurt Accords hasn’t Made Chechnya a Permanent Part of Russia but It has Made Russia Part of Chechnya, Shtepa Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
12. Many Russians Prefer Village Life to Urban Because They Fear Change, Novikova Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
13. Moscow Views Belarus as Critical Cultural Buffer Between Russia and Europe, Pastukhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
14. The Kazakhs of Turkey Came from China via Tibet, India and Pakistan
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
15. Russians’ Refusal to Get Vaccinated a Kind of Protest Against Regime, Surveys Suggest
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
16. At Ingush Seven Trial, Former Official Says Powers Provoked Protesters in March 2019
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
17. In 1991, ‘No One was Ready for Democracy or Really Wanted It’ and Not Much has Changed, Lev Gudkov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
18. Moscow’s Labelling of Protestant Groups with Latvian and Ukrainian links ‘Undesirable’ has Other Protestants in Russia Worried
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
19. Many Polls Conducted in Kazakhstan But Few Results Released Because Those who Pay for Them Block That, Simakova Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
20. Moscow Must Focus on the Heartland, ‘the Secret Key’ to Russian Development, Shuvalov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
21. Skobov Outlines Five Reasons Why Russians Must Support Navalny’s Smart Voting Call
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
22. Siberia Suffering Rising Covid Infections and Deaths without Capacity to Cope
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
23. August 1991 Only First of Three Attempts by Chekists to Restore Dictatorship, Ponomaryov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
24. Muslims in Siberia Attend Mosque Closest to Their Home and Where Their Native Language is Used, Kokoulin Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
25. Ingush Seven Lawyers Succeed in Inserting Fuller Translation of Video Exonerating Their Clients windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
26. Some in Moscow and Nur-Sultan See Kazakhstan Becoming Another Ukraine
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
27. Putin Confuses Two Wars and Gets Corrected by a Russian Schoolboy
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
28. Moscow Finally Moving Against Chauvinist, Xenophobic and Homophobic ‘Male State’ Movement Now that It is Attacking Businesses
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
29. Russians Accepting Pandemic as New Normal, Reducing Willingness to Do Anything to Overcome It, Inozemtsev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
30. A Baker’s Triple Dozen of Other Notable Stories from Russia This Week
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
31. Frightening Phenomena in New Russian Horror Films are Aspects of Russian Life, Pirogov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
32. Putin’s Cleansing of Political Field Began 20 Years Ago with Ban on Regional Parties, Shtepa Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
33. Putin Wants to Open ‘Window on Asia,’ Russian Commentators Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
34. Domestic and Foreign Support for Radical Kazakh Nationalism Sparking Russian Flight and Complicating Moscow’s Relations with Nur-Sultan
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
35. Recording Shows Moscow Official Telling Subordinates Exactly How to Ensure Election Results are Those Required, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
36. Commercial Medicine Taking Off in Siberia Because Public Sector Can’t Cope
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
37. Ingush Alims Denounce Land Deal with Chechnya as Violation of Shariat Law windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
38. Thirty-Nine Percent of Orthodox in Ukraine Allied to Ukrainian Church, More than Twice the Share who Do the Moscow One
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
39. Kadyrov Follows Putin in Focusing on History and Getting It Wrong
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.
40. Radicalization of Russian Society Unwittingly Generated by Regime Threatens the Future, Yakemenko Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
41. Black Lives Matter Movement in US Inspires Buryat to Speak Out Against Russian Racism and Colonialism
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
42. Moscow’s Homeless Speak Out on the Issues and Russian Politicians Listen, At Least in This Election Season
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/