Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / Dec 14, 2023

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / Dec 14, 2023

1. Putin Threatening the Economy that has Allowed Him to Fight in Ukraine, Inozemtsev Says

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2. Moscow Patriarchate Seeking to Provide ‘Moral and Spiritual Legitimacy’ to Putin’s War Effort, Staalesen Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/moscow-patriarchate-seeking-to-provide.html

3. Widespread Political Anomie Not Mass Support for Conservative Values ‘Main Problem’ for Russia Now and in the Future, Zharkov Says

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4. Ever More Russians Complaining to Putin about Impact of War in Ukraine, ‘Important Stories’ Portal Says

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5. Surkov Predicts End of ‘Ukrainian Fake State’ in 2024

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6. Six Corridors within Russian Federation May have Consequences as Large as Three Elsewhere in Former Soviet Space windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/six-corridors-within-russian-federation.html

7. Non-Russians Opposed to Putin’s War in Ukraine See Use of Their Native Languages as Form of Anti-War Protest windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/non-russians-opposed-to-putins-war-in.html

8. ‘Without Russians as an Ethnos, Without the Russian People, There is Not and Cannot be a Russian World or Russia Itself,’ Putin Says

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9. Kremlin Tries but Fails to Hide that Most Popular Boy’s Name for Newborns in Moscow Suburb has Become Mohammed

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10. Must Tatars who Once Asked whether They were Tatars or Bulgars Now Ask Whether they are Russians and Not Tatars? Kazan Commentator Asks

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11. Putin’s Repressions Radicalizing Predominantly Ethnic Russian Regions and Leading Some in Them to Think about Pursuing Independence, Shtepa Says

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12. Russians Increasingly Connecting the Dots and Oppose Putin’s War Because of Its Impact on Their Lives, Independent Sociologist Says

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13. ‘Majority of Those Who have Left Putin’s Russia Because of War Won’t Return,’ Zavadskaya Says

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14. Russians Now Account for Half of All HIV/AIDS Cases in Europe

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15. Russia’s Reds and Whites Face Off after KPRF Succeeds in Having Wrangel Statue Removed in Rostov

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16. Tishkov Says He’s Both Kinds of Russian – Ethnic (‘Russky’) and Civil (‘Rossiyanin’)

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17. Moscow Doesn’t Have a Real and Consistent ‘Demographic’ Policy, Chernyshov Says

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18. Today’s National Bolshevism More At Odds with Russian Interests than Yesterday’s International Version, Pastukhov Says

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19. Russian Democrats Abroad Make Significant Concession to Non-Russian Republics but Not Yet to Predominantly Russian Regions

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20. Identities can Change Overnight When They Cease to Be Compulsory and Become Voluntary, Chernyakhovsky Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/identities-can-change-overnight-when.html

21. Charges Filed Against Russians for Calling Putin a Fascist, a Psychopath, a Fuehrer, and a Coward

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22. On the Home Front, Putin ‘has No Fewer Problems than Ukraine Does,’ Koch Says

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23. No One Should Be Deceived by Putin’s False Claims about ‘Russophobia,’ Aysin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/no-one-should-be-deceived-by-putins.html

24. Moscow’s Failure to Keep Its Earlier Promises on Federalism Means Few Ready to Rely on Any Promises It Makes Now

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25. Central Asians, Recognizing Water-Sharing Arrangements Alone aren’t Enough, Working to Reduce Water Losses Close to Home

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26. Dumpster Diving Spreads to Higher Income Groups in Moscow

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27. Many Russians Still Believe Mythical ‘Dulles Plan’ Exists and Guides Western Policy on Russia

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28. St. Petersburg has Long History as ‘Cradle of Regionalism,’ Shtepa Says

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29. When Moscow Runs Out of Carrots, Duma Suggests It Can Use that Term for Pauses Between Sticks, Russians Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/when-moscow-runs-out-of-carrots-duma.html

30. ‘Final Collapse of USSR’ Taking Place Now, Kucher Says

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31. Few Young Russians Share Putin’s Main Goals or are Ready to Make Sacrifices to Achieve Them, New Study Finds windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/few-young-russians-share-putins-main.html

32. Buryats who Fled to Mongolia to Avoid Mobilization Increasingly Want Independence or Union with Mongolia

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33. Kremlin’s Turn to China May Spark Violent Protests by the Russian People Once They See the Consequences, Pastukhov Says

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34. Ukrainian War and Western Sanctions Putting a Crimp in Putin’s Expansive Arctic Plans

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35. It’s Very Russian to Complain to Putin about Putin Policies But Then There’s No Higher Authority, Russians Say

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36. As Moscow Becomes More Dependent on Beijing, China’s Economic Problems are Becoming Russia’s, ‘Important Stories’ Says

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37. Russia Doesn’t Want or Need All of Ukraine, Only Enough to Deny Kyiv an Outlet to the Sea, Telegram Channel Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/russia-doesnt-want-or-need-all-of.html

38. Putin’s Use of the Term ‘Russians’ a Revival of Tsarist Approach to Identity, Sidorov Says

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39. As Ukraine War Grinds On, Ever More Russian Soldiers are Deserting

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40. ‘Religious Decolonization’ has Already Taken Place in Daghestan, Kaliszewska Says

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41. Russia can Increase Military Production Only at Risk of Inflation, Consumer Goods Shortages or Loss of a Free Labor Market, Shelin Says

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42. Russian Military Sending Those Disabled in Battle in Ukraine Back into Front Lines, Relatives Say

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43. Moscow Must Extend SMERSH System from Occupied Portions of Ukraine to All of Russian Federation to Counter Diversionist Threat, Deputy Says

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44. Putin Saying Russia is No Longer a Gas Station Masquerading as a Country means It is Running Out of Gas, Russians Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/12/putin-saying-russia-is-no-longer-gas.html

45. Russia Must Divert Siberian River Water to Central Asia or Face a Crisis on Its Borders, Uzbek Scholar Says

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46. Iran Launches New Flagship for Its Caspian Navy

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47. Some Orthodox in Kazakhstan Seek Independence from Moscow Patriarchate

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48. Russian Jailors Now Threatening Prisoners with Longer Sentences if They Don’t ‘Volunteer’ to Fight in Ukraine

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49. North Caucasus Republics Falsify Statistics More than Other Regions of Russia Typically to Get More Aid from Moscow, Russian Experts Say

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50. Muslims Plan to Erect Fifth Major Mosque in Moscow Next Year

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