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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