Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for Dec. 3–8, 2020
1. EU Says Moscow Spreading Disinformation Abroad about Pandemic
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2. Ingush Demand Release of Seven Protest Leaders, Defense of Ingush Rights in Prigorodny District
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3. In De-Occupied Areas, Russian Peacekeepers, Red Cross Officials, Departing Armenians and Returning Azerbaijanis Cooperating, Moscow Paper Says
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4. If Stalin Couldn’t Unite Muslims Administratively, No One Will Ever Will, Suleymanov Says
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5. Moscow Should Use Its Caspian Flotilla and Its Base in Armenia if Provocations Occur in De-Occupied Areas, Volgayev Says
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6. The Larger the Russian Population Center, the More Pessimistic and Negative Its People, Levinson Says
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7. Growing Anger in Population and Increasing Repression by Regime Radicalizing ‘Systemic’ Opposition, Kynyev Says
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8. Moscow Calls Its Vaccine Sputnik-5 Because It is One of Few Russian Words with Positive Connotations Abroad
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9. Moscow Splitting Finno-Ugric Languages to Promote Assimilation to Russian, Mari Linguist Says
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10. Tsikhanouskaya Aide Outlines Six Scenarios for Transition in Belarus
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11. Moscow Considering Russian Analog of Monroe Doctrine for Post-Soviet Space, Apukhtin Says
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12. Moscow and Tehran have No Choice But to Expand Cooperation after Qarabagh Declaration, Areshov Suggests
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13. Strong Russian State Now ‘Enemy of Russian Conservatives,’ Savvin Says
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14. Tatars Must Remember 1921-1922 Famine Because of Its Continuing Impact, Gylman Says
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15. Vaccinations Begin in Moscow Even Though Testing Not Complete, Doses Not Sufficient, and Shots Not a Panacea
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16. Belgian and Dutch Dredgers Help Russia Deepen and Widen Ob Estuary to Handle LNG Ships
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17. Kremlin Continues Soviet Practice of Using Emigres to Keep Russians Divided, Kirillova Says
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18. Soviets Almost But Not Quite Wiped Out the Original Siberians, Yakovlev Says
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19. ‘Tatars have had Dozens of Independent States,’ Bayramova Reminds on Her 70th Birthday
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20. Russia Major Beneficiary from Unblocking of Rail Routes in South Caucasus, Baliyev Says
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21. ‘People Killed the Aral Sea; Now Its Remains are Returning the Favor,’ Khasanov Says
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22. Kyrgyzstan Now has Smaller Working-Age Share of Population to Support Children and Pensioners
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23. The End of History Didn’t Happen but the End of Freedom Looms, Klyamkin Says
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24. ‘There are No Medicines but Try Treating Yourself’ – What Doctors in St. Petersburg are Now Telling the Sick during Pandemic
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25. Siberians Still Supportive of Khabarovsk Protesters Even if Russians have Turned Away
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26. Pandemic-Exacerbated or Created Problems Overwhelming Russian Psychological Services
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27. Russia’s Federal Subjects, Especially Large Ones, are Anything But Homogeneous
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28. At Free Russia Forum, Federalists Back Unity but Centralists Fear Disintegration, Sidorov Says
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29. Moscow Not Planning to Restrict Movement among Regions to Fight Pandemic
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30. Female Alcoholism in Russia Understated Because Few Women Risk Seeking Help, Activists Say
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31. Duma Proposal Intended to Limit Number of Civilians Getting Rank of General in Siloviki Agencies
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32. ‘Deep Civil Society’ Taking Shape in Russia Despite Contraction of Middle Class Higher School of Economics Says
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33. Those Russians Angry at Putin Not Necessarily Pro-Western and His Successor May Not Be Either, Kirillova Warns
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34. Russian Court Continues to Deny Rights of Defendants in Ingush Protest Case
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35. Ending Mayoral Elections has Reduced Effectiveness of Municipal Governance in Russia, New Study Says
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36. Russian Opposition to Vaccinations, Pandemic Restrictions Spreads and Intensifies
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37. Despite Russian Claims, Beijing isn’t Copying Moscow’s Repressive Laws, Bazhanov Says
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38. Munich Institute for Study of USSR Helped Destroy Soviet System, Baliyev Says
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39. Moscow Retaining GULAG Features Even in Newly Designed Prisons, Critics Say
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40. First Two Prosecution Witnesses Help Case of Ingush Seven, Their Lawyers Say
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41. Changes at Top of Orthodox Church in Yekaterinburg and Kazan Presage Big Problems, Shaburov Says
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42. Putin’s Import Substitution Plan Leaving Russians without Enough High-Quality Food than Would Otherwise Be the Case, Shelin Says
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