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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