Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia December 12, 2022
1. Melting of Permafrost in Russian North Releasing Killer Viruses, International Researchers Confirm
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2. Russian Force Structures Know They’ll Survive Putin’s Demise, Leaving Them and Him in a Different Position than Their Iranian Counterparts, Gallyamov Says
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3. Russian Authorities Failing to Live Up to Their Promises to Those Mobilized for Service in Ukraine
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4. A New Kind of Monetarized ‘Samizdat’ Rising in Russia – Crowd-Funded Publishing
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5. Lenin’s Far Eastern Republic Continues to Cast a Shadow on Russia to This Day
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6. Russians Fleeing Because of Putin’s War Now Outnumber Those who Fled Bolshevik Revolution, Zubov Says
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7. New Book Demolishes Notion that Stalin’s Rule was Free of Corruption
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8. Dissernet Now Focusing Not Only on Plagiarism but on Hatred Narratives in Scholarly Works
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9. Ever More Russians Think Russia Shouldn’t have Started Ukrainian War, but Ever More Think It has No Choice but to Continue, Kremlin’s Own Polls Show
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10. 70 Percent of Russia’s Afghan and Chechen War Veterans Suffered from PTSD, and the Figure for Its Ukrainian War Vets May be as High
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11. After Putin, Russia Must Go Through Something Like America Did after the Revolution, Ponomaryov Says
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12. ‘A Cold Civil War has Already Begun in Russia,’ Karatsuba Says
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13. Russia’s Next President won’t have to Think: He or She will Simply have to Do the Opposite of What Putin has Done, Russians Say
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14. A Russian Demand for Mobilization of Non-Russians Once Led to the Appearance of a Theocratic State
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15. New US-Ukrainian Network to Promote Awareness of Russian Colonialism’s Crimes Past and Present
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16. The Victims of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, RIP
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17. Even Russian Ultra-Nationalists Should Want Russia to Lose and Lose Quickly in Ukraine, Eidman Says
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18. Plan in the Works to Evacuate Kremlin Leaders Abroad in Event of Russia’s Defeat in Ukraine, Gallyamov Says
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19. If Living Standards in Russia Rose, Fertility Rates would Likely Fall, Krupnov Says
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20. Russia has Not Just a Fascist Regime but a Fascist Society, Zaidman Says
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21. Kadyrov Raising Military Unit Based on Sufi Order Not for Putin’s War in Ukraine but for His Own Use in the North Caucasus, Ingush Expert Says
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22. For Homo Sovieticus, State isn’t Something Sacred but Rather Simultaneously ‘a Threat and a Support,’ Makarkin Says
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23. Unlike Britain and France, Russia has have Never Undergone Decolonization Mentally, Moscow Psychologist Says
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24. Hundreds of Ukrainians Subject to Deportation from Russia Languish in Detention Centers
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25. Putin’s Policies Freeing Those Named to Head Non-Russian Republics from Learning Titular Languages
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26. Muslim Leaders in Chechnya and Ingushetia View Alternatives to Military Service in Ukraine Very Differently
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27. ‘We Would Lose Everything’ — Tashkent Rejects Putin Plan for Gas Alliance of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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28. Nations in Russia Now Implicitly Ranked from ‘Most White’ to ‘Least White,’ Biktimirova and Karkotskaya Says
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29. Putin’s War in Ukraine ‘Seriously Worsening HIV/AIDS Situation in Russia,’ Experts Say
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30. Akhmed Zakayev Calls for Chechens and Ingush to Form One State in Future
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31. During World Cup, Russians have Stopped Listening to Kremlin TV’s Talk Shows
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32. Putin’s Turn to the East and Talk about Opposing Colonialism Sparking New Interest in Sultan-Galiyev
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33. Russia has a Long and Losing Tradition of Using Convicts to Fight Its Wars, Historian Says
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34. Head of Russian Region Bordering Ukraine wants to Raise Defense Forces but Moscow Says Any Formed There Can’t be Armed
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35. Kremlin Ideologists Go All Out to Romanticize Vicious Wagner ‘Private Military Company
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36. Non-Russians Overrepresented in Russian Army Not Only Because of Poverty but Also Because of Actions of Local Officials, Baktemir Says
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37. Russia’s Regions, Not Just Its Non-Russian Republics, have Right to Pursue Independence via Referendums, Ukrainian Deputy Says
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38. Russian Bombing Campaign has Not Sparked Upsurge in Emigration from Ukraine, Libanova Says
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39. Uzbekistan’s Population Surpasses 36 Million Putting it On Course to Overtake Ukraine’s
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40. A Country that Builds Plywood Reichstags will Sooner or Later Build the Real Thing, Russians Say
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41. Putinists Angry at Ukrainians Not Over Their Independence but Because They May Soon Live Better than Russians Do and Thus Devalue Russian Suffering, Gallyamov Says
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42. Putin Rejects Doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, Opening the Way for a Russian First Strike, Skobov Says
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43. Russia’s Tragedy is It Must Lose War to Save Itself, Gozman Says
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44. Russia’s Inability to Defend Strategic Bases against Ukrainian Attacks Forcing Moscow to Mull Preemptive Nuclear Strikes, Ishchenko Says
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45. After Looming Defeat, Russia Unlikely to Be Able to Recover and Change as Germany Did in 1945, Shelin Says
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46. Ecumenical Patriarch Says Russian Orthodox Church Guilty of ‘Ethno-Tribalism’
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47. Mordovia’s Erzya and Moksha Look to Independent Futures, Both Together and Apart
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48. Half of Ukrainians Now in Germany and Poland Plan to Return Home at End of War while Half Say They’ll Remain Abroad at Least a Year More, New Survey Finds
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49. Tatarstan’s ‘Deep State’ Helping Other Nations of the Middle Volga Region, Sidorov Says
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50. Moscow to Give Tax Breaks to Chinese Firms Across the Russian Far East But Policy May Not Work, Experts Say
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