Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for May 26-31, 2021

Paul Goble’s 42 Windows on Eurasia for May 26-31, 2021  

1.      Putin Repeats His Opposition to Mandatory Vaccination; Sakha Backs Down

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2.      Putin’s Love-Hate Relationship with US at Odds with Russia’s Interests, Kirillova Says

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3.      Russia’s ‘Near Abroad’ Overlaps with Those of Turkey and Poland, Inozemtsev Says

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4.      ‘Terror Can’t Be Applied Selectively,’ El Murid Says

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5.      Kazakhstan Scholar Focuses on Diasporas, Prompting Questions about Central Asian Immigrants in Russia

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6.      Internationalist Parties Won’t Work in Kazakhstan, Analysts There Say

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7.      ‘Green Shift’ Occurring across Russian Political Spectrum, Shaburov Says

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8.      Despite Putin’s Promise, Vaccination Becoming Compulsory for Ever More Categories of Russian Residents

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9.      Russian Regionalists Want Regions, Not Some New Man in the Kremlin, to Decide Country’s Future after Putin, Shtepa Says

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10.  Moscow Closes 44 More Airports in North Effectively Cutting Off Large Swaths of Russia

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11.  Russia Now Critically Dependent on Imports of Strategic Metals including from Ukraine, Audit Chamber Says

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12.  Enthusiasm of Senior Officials for Using Prison Labor Raises Serious Questions, Shelin Says

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13.  More Evidence Given that March 2019 Ingush Event was Not a Meeting and Thus That Charges Someone Organized It are Absurd

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14.  Moscow Using Western Sanctions to Justify Classifying Ever More Information, Tkachev Says

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15.  Number of Russians Seeking Vaccination Collapses in Moscow, Other Russian Cities

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16.  A Baker’s Double Dozen of Other Notable Stories from Russia This Week

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17.  Russia’s Territorial Integrity Threatened by Any Internationalization of Northern Sea Route, Sivkov Says

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18.  After Kazan School Shooting, Much Talk but Little Action

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19.  Plan for Fiber Optic Cable along Northern Sea Route Put on Hold

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20.  Tatarstan to Have a Muslim Holiday in Memory of Those who Fell Fighting Ivan the Terrible in 1552

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21.  Soviet Borders in Central Asia Failed to Consider Impact of Nomadic Groups, Baysalov Says

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22.  Group Behind Attacks on Western Vaccines has Close Ties to Putin

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23.  Task of Demarcating Armenian-Azerbaijani Border Made More Difficult by Armenian Politicization of the Issue, Russian Analysts Say

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24.  Kremlin Pushing ‘Deep People’ into Alliance with Liberals, Gallyamov Says

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25.  Two Turkish Parties Call for Recognizing Circassian Genocide

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26.  Decarbonization of World Economy will Hit Russia Harder than Any Sanctions, Inozemtsev Says

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27.  Middle Class in Russia Plays Very Different Role than in Western Countries, Gontmakher Says

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28.  Epigenetic Consequences of Repression Last a Minimum of Four Generations, Khakuasheva Says

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29.  Israel Bans Travel to Russia Because of Pandemic Surge There

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30.  Tehran Chose Kazan Not St. Petersburg for a Consulate to Project Iranian Influence on Russia’s Muslims

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31.  Growing Water Conflicts Could Threaten Independence of Central Asian Countries in Future, Experts Say

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32.  For Northern Sea Route to Operate Year Around, Moscow Needs Railways and Roads in North, Shepitko Says

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33.  Ingush Prisoner Involved in Hunger Strike at Saratov Oblast Camp

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34.  Nicholas II’s Propensity for Hyper-Centralization Led to Khodynka Field Disaster, Historians Say

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35.  Moscow Must Work to Attract Ethnic Russians and Not Just Workers from Former Soviet Republics, Shustov Says

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36.  ‘Bitter Truth’ is that Russia’s Vaccination Program has Failed, Doctor Says

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37.  A Recipe for More Conflict: Yerevan Rejects Corridor between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan; Baku Insists on It

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38.  Stalin’s GULAG was ‘Economically Ineffective’ and Demographically Disastrous, Staf Says

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39.  Moscow Erects New Iron Curtain between Finno-Ugric Nations inside Russia and Those Beyond Its Borders

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40.  Any Yalta-Like Concessions to Putin would Transform Him into a Sacred Figure like Stalin, Khazin Says

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41.  Kazakhs Increasingly View Stalin’s Terror Famine There Much as Ukrainians View Holodomor in Their Country, Polovinko Says

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42.  Belarus Could Become a Normal European Country with Far Less Difficulty than Ukraine, Inozemtsev Says

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