Paul Gobles 50 Windows on Eurasia / July 12, 2024
1. Putin Must Avoid Kolchak’s Mistakes on National Question, ‘Soveshenno Sekretno’ Historian Suggests windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/putin-must-avoid-kolchaks-mistakes-on.html
2. Putin’s Recent Personnel Moves Threaten to Spark Conspiracies Against Him, Eidman Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/putins-recent-personnel-moves-threaten.html
3. Fragging Appears in Russian Units in Ukraine, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Suggests windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/fragging-appears-in-russian-units-in.html
4. Moscow Now Targeting Federalists as well as Nationalists in Non-Russian Republics windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/moscow-now-targeting-federalists-as.html
5. Gas Deal with China Becoming Ever Less Favorable to Russia, Morokhin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/gas-deal-with-china-becoming-ever-less.html
6. Russia’s Disintegration Could Well Begin in Far East, Romanov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/russias-disintegration-could-well-begin.html
7. Russian Environmental Activists Won 73 Victories in 2023 Against Government and Business windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/russian-environmental-activists-won-73.html
8. Russia Needs Fewer People if It Remains a Petrostate and Far More if It Becomes an Expansionist One, Kulbaka Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/russia-needs-fewer-people-if-it-remains.html
9. Lukashenka’s Remark about Jews Echoes State Anti-Semitism of Late Soviet Period windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/lukashenkas-remark-about-jews-echoes.html
10. Putin Set to Allow China Direct River Access to Sea of Japan windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/putin-set-to-allow-china-direct-river.html
11. Returning Veterans with Criminal Pasts Such a Threat to Russia that New Laws about Them are Needed, KPRF Duma Deputy Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/returning-veterans-with-criminal-pasts.html
12. Siberians will Be Independent but Whether as One State or Many is Unclear, Activist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/siberians-will-be-independent-but.html
13. Fliers Telling Russian Women Not to Have Children with Central Asian Men Circulating in Tyumen windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/fliers-telling-russian-women-not-to.html
14. Moscow’s Rejection of New International Classification of Diseases Hurts Not Only Homosexuals but Russian Veterans and Others as Well, Aronov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/moscows-rejection-of-new-international.html
15. Since Crocus City, Russia’s Federal Subjects have Increasingly Diverged on the Handling of Immigrant Workers windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/since-crocus-city-russias-federal.html
16. Islamic Radicalism in Russia Very Different from Its Counterparts in Arab World, Amelina Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/islamic-radicalism-in-russia-very.html
17. Even if War Ends, Moscow Unlikely to Reduce Military Spending Lest Economy Collapse, Itskhoki Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/even-if-war-ends-moscow-unlikely-to.html
18. Kremlin Still Views Khabarovsk Region as Problematic and Disloyal, Kynyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/kremlin-still-views-khabarovsk-region.html
19. After Dagestani Attacks, Moscow will Increase Its Repression of Muslim Dissidents and Even Many Liberals won’t Come to Their Defense, Latypova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/after-dagestani-attacks-moscow-will.html
20. Russians Increasingly View Torture by Authorities as Justified, Opening the Way to More against Society as a Whole, Activists Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/russians-increasingly-view-torture-by.html
21. Putin’s War in Ukraine May Open the Way for Civic Partnerships in Russia windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/putins-war-in-ukraine-may-open-way-for.html
22. North Caucasians Registering as Residents of Russia’s Northern Regions to Get Higher Subsidies, Distorting Demographic Numbers and Increasing Suspicions of Official Portals windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/06/north-caucasians-registering-as.html
23. Moscow’s Strategic Targets are Africa and the Arctic not Ukraine and the Baltic, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscows-strategic-targets-are-africa.html
24. Children of Elites in Non-Russian Republics Radicalizing Because Their Parents Say One Thing in Public and Quite Another in Private, ‘Volya’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/children-of-elites-in-non-russian.html
25. Dagestan Presents a Fundamentally Different –and Possibly Insoluble — Challenge to Moscow than Do Other Non-Russian Republics windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/dagestan-presents-fundamentally.html
26. Young Muslims inside Russia Radicalizing Because of Collapse of Traditional Societies at Home and Problems in Islamic World Abroad, Kurbanov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/young-muslims-inside-russia.html
27. Moscow’s New Language Policy Document Drops All References to Problems of Non-Russian Languages Contained in 2021 Draft windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscows-new-language-policy-document.html
28. Moscow Celebrating Rise of Anti-Kyiv Partisan Movement in Ukraine windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscow-celebrating-rise-of-anti-kyiv.html
29. ‘If Sense of Civic Unity Disappears, Nothing can Save Russia,’ Russian Government Advisor on Ethnic Issues Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/if-sense-of-civic-unity-disappears.html
30. 1991 Borders in Post-Soviet Space No Longer ‘Sacred,’ Markedonov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/1991-borders-in-post-soviet-space-no.html
31. Environmentalism and Nationalism Re-Enforce One Another, Especially Given Moscow’s Denunciation of the Former as a Manifestation of the Latter, Baranova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/environmentalism-and-nationalism-re.html
32. Three Russians in Four Say There are Enough Orthodox Churches Near Them, VTsIOM Poll Finds windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/three-russians-in-four-say-there-are.html
33. Orthodox in Kazakhstan Seeking Autocephaly Find Half-Way House in Ukrainian Uniate Congregation Subordinate to Rome windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/orthodox-in-kazakhstan-seeking.html
34. Despite Pressure, Some Independent Media Managing to Survive in Russia’s Regions Near the Border windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/despite-pressure-some-independent-media.html
35. Kremlin Wants Russians to Pay Less Attention to War in Ukraine, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/kremlin-wants-russians-to-pay-less.html
36. Beijing and Moscow May Develop Network of Waterways through Russian Far East and Siberia, Vladivostok Scholar Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/beijing-and-moscow-may-develop-network.html
37. Dagestani Fetwa Against Niqab Not Obligatory or Likely to Be Followed Even by All Muslims in that North Caucasus Republic windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/dagestani-fetwa-against-niqab-not.html
38. Moscow Wants to Restore Something Like Soviet-Era Spetskhan System But Discovering that Doing So is Anything but Straightforward windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscow-wants-to-restore-something-like.html
39. ‘The Non-Opponents’ — Russians Unhappy with War in Ukraine But Not Ready to Say It’s a Mistake or Protest Against It, PS Lab Focus Groups Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-non-opponents-russians-unhappy-with.html
40. Russia’s Looming Disintegration Will Involve Less Violence than Putin’s War in Ukraine, Etkind Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russias-looming-disintegration-will.html
41. Putin’s War in Ukraine Leading to Increased Use of Illegal Drugs in Russian Army and Society windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/putins-war-in-ukraine-leading-to.html
42. 28 Former Russian Governors Now Living Abroad, Highlighting Russia’s Failure to Develop System in which They Remain Useful at Home windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/28-former-russian-governors-now-living.html
43. Russian Liberalism Now has an Opening Because Kremlin has Stopped Promoting Free Markets, Kynyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russian-liberalism-now-has-opening.html
44. Bastrykin Now Attacking Not Just Muslim Immigrants but also Muslim Citizens of the Russian Federation, Aysin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/bastrykin-now-attacking-not-just-muslim.html
45. Russian Officials have Put Up Memorials to More than 400 Convicts who Died Fighting in Ukraine, ‘Vyorstka’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russian-officials-have-put-up-memorials.html
46. Some Officials in Russian Regions Resisting Kremlin Efforts to Promote Veterans into Political Life windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/some-officials-in-russian-regio ns.html
47. Record Number of Russians Now Suffering from Mental Disorders, Largely Because of War in Ukraine, Medical Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/record-number-of-russians-now-suffering.html
48. Russians who have Fled Putinism Should Buy an Island and Create a New Russian-Speaking Nation, Shtepa Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russians-who-have-fled-putinism-should.html
49. Norway to Boost Its and NATO’S Strategic Presence on Jan Mayen Island to Ward Off Any Move against Spitsbergen windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/norway-to-boost-its-and-natos-strategic.html
50. Both Russians and the West Fail to Understand How Three Distinct Russias Interact, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/both-russians-and-west-fail-to.html