Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 22, 2023

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 22, 2023

1.     Putin Felt Presence of Other Presidents at Moscow Parade Kept Kyiv from Launching a Drone Attack, Some Russians Say

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2.     Putin has Been ‘Privatizing’ May 9 Holiday Since Coming to Power, But Russians Can Keep Its Original Meaning, Kolesnikov Says

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3.     Fear Far from Only Force Keeping Russia’s Administrative Elite in Line, Petrov Says

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4.     Having Destroyed Canals and Failed to Repair or Replace Them, Russian Forces Can’t Supply Water to Occupied Ukrainian Areas

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5.     Erzya National Movement Most Active and Radical among Russia’s Finno-Ugric Peoples, Loode Says

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6.     Now the Ural River is Dying, Exacerbating Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan

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7.     Putin Successfully Used but Then was Compelled to Discard ‘Immortal Regiment’ Movement, Arkhipova Says

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8.     Fertility Rate among Native Muscovites Falls to Just Over Half Replacement Level, and Rate in Other Russian Cities Falls Almost as Far

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9.     Russian Public Support for War ‘in Most Cases’ Simply Face-Saving ‘Non-Resistance,’ Laboratory of Public Sociology Finds

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10.  For Ukrainians, Putin’s Invasion is Their Great Fatherland War, a Conflict that has United Them and that They Expect to Win, Albats Says

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11.  Anyone Who Says Russia isn’t the Most Humane and Free Country in the World Will Soon be Sentenced to 15 Years in the Camps, Russians Say

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12.  Regional Officials Reported to Be Spreading Rumors that Ukrainians Setting Forest Fires in Russia

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13.  Two New Associations Uniting Non-Russian Movements Emerge

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14.  Moscow’s Healthcare Optimization Takes on New Form, One Set to Leave Population with Even Fewer Options

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15.  Russian Defense Ministry Spokesmen Do More than Anyone Else to Prevent Russian Defeats, Russians Say

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16.  Turkmenistan Seeks to Become Gateway to the World for Landlocked States in Central Asia

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17.  Intervals between One Russian Emigration and the Next are Shortening, Making Cooperation among the New Waves More Difficult, Klishin Says

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18.  Putin Calls for Creating ‘Attractive Financial and Social Mechanisms’ to Keep Russians from Emigrating

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19.  Ethnic Russians Create Student Groups in Universities and Some of These are Racist

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20.  China to Complete Large Reservoir in Armenia that has Been On Hold Since 1985

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21.  Tatars Must Reject Moscow-Imposed Divisions or Face Eventual Extinction, Samigullin Says

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22.  Putin’s Optimization Program Means Forest Fires in Russia Now Seven Times Larger and More than a Third Less Often Followed by Reforestation, El Murid Says

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23.  Russians in 70 Percent of Their Country’s Cities Feel They Must ‘Either Leave or Die,’ Geographer Says

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24.  Aeroflot, Other Russian Carriers Order Employees Not to Report Aircraft Problems

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25.   The Faroe Islands, an Autonomous Part of NATO Member Denmark, Refuses to Join Anti-Russian Sanctions

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26.  Even a Territorially Much-Reduced Russia will Still Threaten Itself and the World, Podrabinek Says

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27.  US and Ukraine Focusing on Promoting Separatism in Chechen, Circassian, Nogay, Kumyk and Ingush Areas, Amelina Says

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28.  Russian Occupiers have Converted Crimea into ‘One Enormous Military Base,’ New Interactive Map Shows

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29.  Russia Not at War But It Nonetheless has Martial Law, Muscovites Say

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30.  Editors of Kremlin Media Outlets Now Struggling with Sense of Disaster about Ukraine, One Privy to Their Discussions Says

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31.  Some Bukharan Jews May Eventually Return to Central Asia, One of Their Number Says

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32.  Activists in Russian Regions Compiling Lists of Ukrainian War Losses which Constitute ‘Anti-War Manifestos,’ Seven by Seven News Agency Says

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33.  Federalization is ‘Fourth Division of Powers’ and in Russia Should Involve Creation of Super Regions and ‘Ideal Politburo,’ Pastukhov Says

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34.  Putin Promises to Raise Birthrate but in Fact Pursues Policies Driving It Down, Experts Say

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35.  Émigré Bashkir Activist Sees War Ahead between Bashkortostan and Tatarstan

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36.  Russia Now Ranks First in the World in Use of VPNs

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37.  Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Making It Harder for People to Be Local Patriots, Galkina Says

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38.  Even if Moscow Defeats Kyiv, Russia May Find Itself in a Slavic Version of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for a Long Time to Come, Popov Says

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39.  Despite His Claims to the Contrary, Putin Undermining Russia’s National Identity, El Murid Says

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40.  Nearly Three Out of Five Russians Say Religion Doesn’t Play a Major or Even Any Role in Their Lives, Levada Center Poll Finds

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41.  Unlike KGB at End of Soviet Times, FSB Now Animated by Desire to Repress, Skobov Says

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42.  Moscow Alarmed by Talk in Kazakhstan and Mongolia about Their ‘Common Altai Home’ on Russian Territory

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43.  Islamist Threat to Central Asia Increasing and May Soon Spread into Russia, Shestakov Says

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44.  Russia Must Come Up with Its Own National Project Now that War in Ukraine has Left Imperial One in Ruins, Savvin Says

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45.  After Volodin Declared English ‘Dead,’ Russians Who Know It will Say They Speak American

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46.  Moscow Classifies More Data but Loosens Control on Some Businesses Need, ‘To Be Exact’ Says

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47.  Ukrainian War has Radicalized Non-Russian Interest in Gaining Independence, Khavlyg Says

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48.  Russia’s Rightwing Radicals Even More Divided and Impotent than Russian Liberals, Pertsev Says

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49.  Russia has Lost 50,000 Scientists Over Last Five Years, More than Any Other Country, Academy of Sciences Vice President Says

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50.  Russian Emigration Should Aim for Loose Alliance Rather than Tight Union, Kynyev Says

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