Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / July 26, 2024

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / July 26, 2024

   

1.   A Rare Report from ‘The Blue Wedge’ – a Ukrainian Region in Russia Just North of Kazakhstan

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2.     Moscow Planning Fleet of Dirigibles to Carry Coal Out of Russian North to Foreign Buyers windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscow-planning-fleet-of-dirigibles-to.html

3.     Higher Incomes will Reduce Russians’ Reliance on Illegal Supplies of Vodka and Surrogates but Likely Won’t Reduce Deaths from Alcholism, Drobiz Says

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4.     ‘The Volga River No Longer Exists’ – and Moscow’s Program to Save It has Utterly Failed, Duma Deputies and Environmentalists Say

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5.     Rise of New Generation Behind Radicalization Not Only in Dagestan but Also Across Russia, Sokolov Says

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6.     Young People in Russia Turning to Internet to Find Their Ethnic Roots and Becoming More Radical as a Result, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Suggests

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7.     Russian Officials No More Capable of Managing State Terror than They are of Managing Anything Else, El Murid Says

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8.     New August 1991-Style State Emergency Committee Appears Ever More Possible, Pastukhov Says

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9.     Moscow Failing to Treat PTSD among Veterans Because Putin Regime Values Make that Impossible, Russian Psychologists Say

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10.  Under Putin, Russians have Become ‘Consumers but Not Citizens,’ Kolesnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/under-putin-russians-have-become.html

11.  Income Inequality among Russians, on the Rise Since Putin Came to Power, has Increased Further Since 2022 and Now Affects Almost All Regions, ‘Vyorstka’ Says

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12.  Paying Russians to Bring Men to Military Recruiting Stations May Please Moscow as an Idea but as a Practical Matter, It Smacks of Desperation and Won’t Work, Aysin Says

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13.  For Moscow’s Party of War, Main Enemy is ‘Not the US, NATO or Ukraine but Russian Society,’ Filippov Says

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14.  Moscow’s Use of Soft Power in Post-Soviet Space has Failed for 11 Reasons, Trukhachyov Says

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15.  Ethnic Germans who Earlier Emigrated from Russia and Other Former Soviet Republics Now Buying Property in Kaliningrad

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16.  Bolshevik Revolution was Above All First Challenge to Western World by Non-Western One, Kotsyubinsky Says

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17.  Russian Empire Must be Destroyed or New Putins will Arise Again and Again, Gabbasov Says http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russian-empire-must-be-destroyed-or-new.html

18.  Only Revival of Siberian River Diversion Plans Can Solve Central Asia’s Growing Water Shortages, Nazarov Says

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19.  Moscow Facing Growing Problems with Its Icebreaker Fleet, Allowing China and Other Countries to Gain Advantages on the Northern Sea Route

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20.  Organized Crime has Risen in Russia Dramatically Since Start of Putin’s War in Ukraine and will Increase Still More with Return of Veterans, Statistics and Experts Say

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21.  Russian Citizens Among Those Involved in Crocus City Hall Terrorist Attack, Chikhanchin Says

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22.  Another Call for Moscow to Create Something like Komintern to Overthrow Existing World Order

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23.  As Many as 800,000 Central Asian Migrant Workers have Become Russian Citizens Since 2014, Two Moscow Scholars Say

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24.  Moscow Tries to Hide Massive Russian Losses in Ukraine by Ending Publication of Data on Deaths by Age Groups and from External Causes

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25.  Church Politics Affecting Pro- and Anti-Moscow Divide in Georgia

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26.  Over Last Six Months, Extremist Crimes by Immigrants have Increased by More than 50 Percent, Bastrykin Says

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27.  Putin has Reason to Fear Those who Have Volunteered to Fight in Ukraine, Gallyamov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/putin-has-reason-to-fear-those-who-have.html

28.  Anti-Migrant Moves Transforming Patriotism into Russian Nationalism, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ Warns

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29.  650,000 who Left Because of Putin’s War in Ukraine Remain Abroad, ‘The Bell’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/650000-who-left-because-of-putins-war.html

30.  West Fears Disintegration of Russia Just as It Did in 1918 and 1991 But Must Prepare for It and for a Long Period of Involvement There Afterwards, Berlyand Says

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31.  Islam’s Rise in the Middle Volga Major Defense of Tatar Ethnic Identity, Kazan Scholars Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/islams-rise-in-middle-volga-major.html

32.  Kremlin’s Failure to Focus on Nationality Problems Threatens Survival of Russian Federation, Fetisov Says

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33.  Biden’s 2024 Captive Nations Week Declaration Continues His Re-Invigoration of that Commemoration

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34.  Since March 2022, Almost 7,000 Russians have been Fined for ‘Discrediting the Army,’ But More than 200 have Fought Back with Some Success

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35.  Children and Grandchildren of Russia’s Top Leadership Not Serving in Ukraine windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/children-and-grandchildren-of-russias.html

36.  Road Trip through Predominantly Ethnic Russian Regions Throws Light on How Different They are from One Another

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37.  Immigrants from Central Asia have Profoundly Affected Muslim Community in Russia, Leader Says

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38.  Moscow Furious Yerevan Delaying the Opening of Russian Consulate in Syunik/Zengezur windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/moscow-furious-yerevan-delaying-opening.html

39.  Aliyev Pledges to Support Independence Movements in French Colonies, as Activists from Them Assemble in Baku to Form United Front

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40.  Despite Repression and Lack of Moscow Media Attention, Russians Continue to Protest – and Sometimes Succeed in Forcing Change

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41.  Russia is “a Russian-Turkic State,’ Altai Conference Participants Say

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42.  Regions and Republics Now Facing Crises with Their Own Trash Crises, Not Just from Moscow’s Sending Trash to Them from Major Cities

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43.  Nearly a Quarter Fewer Immigrant Workers Arrived in Russia in 2023 than in 2022, Rosstat Says

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44.  Kazakhstan Becomes More Kazakh and Less Russian as Ethnic Russians Continue to Leave and Kazakhs to Return Home, Statistics Show

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45.  Putin’s War in Ukraine has Divided Russian Protestants and Reduced Change that They will be Added to ‘Traditional’ Religions There, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says

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46.  Duma Proposal Sets Stage for Broad Attack on National Autonomies in Russia windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/duma-proposal-sets-stage-for-broad.html

47.  Just as after 1945, Russia Likely to Become More Repressive after War Ends, Malgin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/just-as-after-1945-russia-likely-to.html

48.  Duma Votes to Put Justice Beyond the Reach of Poorer Russians

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49.  To ‘Normalize Being at War,’ Kremlin Plans to Re-Establish Soviet-Style Control over Russia’s Cultural Life, ‘Dossier’ Says

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50. Moscow has Charged 9,000 Russians with Extremist Crimes over Last Decade, Draft Anti-Extremism Strategy Document Says

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