Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia November 20, 2023

1. ‘The Good News is that Putin will Die Some Day; The Bad is that We Won’t Live in that Wonderful Time,’ Some Russians Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-good-news-is-that-putin-will-die.html

2. Putin’s War in Ukraine Leading to Massive Shortages in Russia of Critically Needed Medicines windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/putins-war-in-ukraine-leading-to.html

3. Moscow’s Decision to Reduce Support for Invalids Needing Prosthetics and Wheelchairs Sparks Outrage among Their Families and Supporters windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscows-decision-to-reduce-support-for.html

4. Moscow May Tax Alcohol for Medical Purposes Because So Much of It is Being Diverted to Produce Untaxed Liquor and Costing Government Revenues windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscow-may-tax-alcohol-for-medical.html

5. Disintegration of Muscovite State Will Lead to Renaissance of Russian Culture, Shtepa Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/disintegration-of-muscovite-state-will.html

6. Loss of Siberia and Far East to China Threatens Russian Civilization Far More than Loss of Ukraine to the West Does, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/loss-of-siberia-and-far-east-to-china.html

7. Five Steps Moscow Should Take to Restore Russian Civilization’s Prospects, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/five-steps-moscow-should-take-to.html

8. Relatively Light Punishments for Participants in Prigozhin Rising and Makhachkala Outrage May Lead Others to Engage in Unwelcome Actions , Russian Nationalist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/relatively-light-punishments-for.html

9. 20,000th Window on Eurasia in New Series windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/20000th-window-on-eurasia-in-new-series.html

10. Russian Popular Attitudes Not a Constraint on Putin as Far as His War in Ukraine Goes, Shulga Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russian-popular-attitudes-not.html

11. Russian Party of 1960s and 1970s Major Source of Kremlin’s Current Ideology, Kolesnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russian-party-of-1960s-and-1970s-major.html

12. Kazakhstan President’s Use of Chinese in Beijing but Kazakh for Visiting Russian Delegation Shows Moscow-Astana Ties aren’t as Close as Putin Claims windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/kazakhstan-presidents-use-of-chinese-in.html

13. The Ingria Precedent: Why It will Determine Fate of So Many windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-ingria-precedent-why-it-will.html

14. Degradation of Land Pushing Rural Tajiks to Seek Work Abroad, UN Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/degradation-of-land-pushing-rural.html

15. Russians Not Interested in Curing Themselves but Only in Killing Others, Some Russians Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russians-not-interested-in-curing.html

16. Chechnya’s ‘Unique Authority’ Rests Not Just on the Deal the Kremlin Made with Grozny but on Four Other Pillars, Gorevoy Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/chechnyas-unique-authority-rests-not.html

17. To Boost the Russian Birthrate, Kremlin Plans to Replace Foreign Condoms with Ineffective Domestic Ones, Some Russians Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/to-boost-russian-birthrate-kremlin.html

18. Despite Russian Laws, Many Property Owners There Refuse to Rent of Sell to Muslims or Jews, Realtors Admit and ‘Holod’ Investigation Confirms windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/despite-russian-laws-many-property.html

19. Soviet Films Played Key Role in Defining Uniqueness of Siberians for Them and for Russians Generally, Chernyshov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/soviet-films-played-key-role-in.html

20. Ethnic Uzbeks Leaving Turkmenistan for Uzbekistan Despite Ashgabat’s Efforts to Stop Them windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/ethnic-uzbeks-leaving-turkmenistan-for.html

21. Kremlin’s Constant Shifts in Direction on Demographic Issues Exacerbating Russia’s Birthrate Problem, Raksha Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/kremlins-constant-shifts-in-direction.html

22. Russia’s Disintegration Unlikely but Descent into Chaos and Civil War Isn’t, Andrey Yakovlev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russias-disintegration-unlikely-but.html

23. Moscow Appears Again to Be Using Migrants to Try to Destabilize Finland windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscow-appears-again-to-be-using.html

24. Russian Efforts to Consolidate Dying Villages Facing Resistance – and Officials Respond by Cutting Off Services and Destroying Housing windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russian-efforts-to-consolidate-dying.html

25. Daghestani Officials Order Population Not to Talk about Makhachkala Outrage windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/daghestani-officials-order-population.html

26. Russian Budget Cuts for Healthcare ‘a National Catastrophe,’ Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russian-budget-cuts-for-healthcare.html

27. Moscow’s Military Spending Boosts Russian GDP but Reduces Incomes of Population and Prospects for Growth windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscows-military-spending-boosts.html

28. Moscow Seeks to Shut Down Burgeoning ‘Bring Our Boys Home’ from Ukraine Movement windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscow-seeks-to-shut-down-burgeoning.html

29. US Attacking Orthodoxy Because It is the Foundation of the Russian State, New Moscow Book Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/us-attacking-orthodoxy-because-it-is.html

30. Muslims, Not Russian State, Source of Present-Day MSD System, Tatarstan Mufti Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/muslims-not-russian-state-source-of.html

31. Former Soviet Republics that Want to Send Immigrants to Russia Must Make Russian One of Their State Languages, Duma Vice Speaker Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/former-soviet-republics-that-want-to.html

32. Real Politics Exists in Some Russian Regions but in Far from All, Verkhoturov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/real-politics-exists-in-some-russian.html

33. Had Siberia become Independent in 1918, No Soviet Union would have Arisen, Mikhaylov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/had-siberia-become-independent-in-1918.html

34. ‘Duma Deputies and Even Ministers’ Know Russia is Dying but Can’t Address Real Causes and So Come Up with Absurd Proposals, Chernyshov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/duma-deputies-and-even-ministers-know.html

35. For First Time Ever, More Russians Back Talks with Ukraine Rather than Continuing War to a Victorious Conclusion, Independent Pollster Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/for-first-time-ever-more-russians-back.html

36. Could an Arax Corridor Put an End to the Zengezur Corridor Controversy? Despite the Odds, Some Now Think So windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/could-arax-corridor-put-end-to-zengezur.html

37. Moscow Used to Blame Inflation on Declining Exchange Rate of Ruble; Now It Blames It on Rising Rate windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscow-used-to-blame-inflation-on.html

38. Massive Corruption Compounding Problems of Delivering Goods and Services to Russian North windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/massive-corruption-compounding-problems.html

39. Iranian Journal Says Plans for Corridor from Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan via Iran ‘a Strategic Breakthrough’ windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/iranian-journal-says-plans-for-corridor.html

40. Tactically, Putin Might be Winning but Strategically His Plans are Doomed, Stanovaya Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/tactically-putin-might-be-winning-but.html

41. Ethnic Violence Could Break Out in Russian Villages when Ukrainian War Ends, Proshakov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/ethnic-violence-could-break-out-in.html

42. To Address Russia’s Demographic Crisis, One Duma Deputy wants to Cancel Sentences of All Female Prisoners who Giving Birth or Getting Pregnant During Home Leave windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/to-address-russias-demographic-crisis.html

43. Duma Deputies Seek to Loosen Russian Gun Laws for Veterans Returning from Ukraine Fighting windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/duma-deputies-seek-to-loosen-russian.html

44. Moscow Said Planning to Ban Phrase ‘Making Ends Meet’ as LGBT Propaganda windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscow-said-planning-to-ban-phrase.html

45. New Russian Novel Details How Effort to Prolong Putin’s Life to 120 Led to a Zombie Apocalypse in Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-russian-novel-details-how-effort-to.html

46. Russians as Ready to Attack NATO Member Latvia as Non-NATO Member Georgia, Study Finds windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/russians-as-ready-to-attack-nato-member.html

47. Turkish Troops will Remain at Agdam Monitoring Site as Long as Russian ‘Peacekeepers’ are in Karabakh, Baku Analysts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/turkish-troops-will-remain-at-agdam.html

48. Starovoitova’s Principled Commitment to Democracy Recalled on 25th Anniversary of Her as Yet Unsolved Murder windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/starovoitovas-principled-commitment-to.html

49. Alternative History Helping Russians to Cope with Soviet Union’s Collapse and to Talk about Russia’s Future, Abramov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/alternative-history-helping-russians-to.html

50. Two Important Moscow Admissions: Western Sanctions Hurt and Ukrainians Now Hate Russians windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/two-important-moscow-admissions-western.html

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