Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / August 10, 2024
1. ‘Disintegration of Soviet Union Began Long Before Perestroika and Efforts to Restore It Began Long Before It Fell Apart,’ Shusharin Says
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2. Circassian Leaders from Across North Caucasus Call on Putin to End Threat to Survival of Shapsugs
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3. Moscow Labels 55 Groups It Says are Part of ‘Anti-Russian Separatist Movement’ Extremist in New Attack on Regionalist and Ethnic Movements
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4. In Soviet Times, Russians Accepted Isolation from Outside World as Natural – and will Do So Again, Panyushkin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/in-soviet-times-russians-accepted.html
5. Moscow Declares Two Ukraine Wedge Movements inside Russian Borders Extremist
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6. Kremlin Doesn’t Fear Its Army But Does Fear Use of Russian Army by Political Emigration and Foreign Powers, Soldatov and Borogan Say
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7. Ukrainian War More than Heat Explains Blackouts and Brownouts in Russia’s South
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8. Fertility Rate among RF Women Fell to 1.41 in 2023, Well Below Replacement Level and Lowest since 1999 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/fertility-rate-among-rf-women-fell-to.html
9. Renaming Moscow’s Europe Square Eurasian Prompts Russians to Joke that Rurik Came Not from Scandinavia but from North Korea windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/renaming-moscows-europe-square-eurasian.html
10. Putin Regime Often Seeks to Take Over Opposition Groups Rather than Just Suppress Them
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11. Moscow Officials Now Saying What Used to Land Far Right Activists in Prison, Kulayeva Says
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12. Five Numerically Small Languages in RF on Brink of Extinction, Shor Activist Tells UN Conference
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13. Ukraine’s Population in Best Case to Decline to Fewer than 33 Million by 2033, Kyiv Demographer Says
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14. An Important Compilation of Oft-Neglected Sources for the Study of Stalinism
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15. Moscow’s Re-Routing of Trans-Siberian to Bypass Kazakhstan Highlights Larger Problem
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16. Mortality Rates Rising Across Russia, Rosstat Reports, But Faster in Ethnic Russian Regions than in Non-Russian Ones windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/mortality-rates-rising-across-russia.html
17. Russia Lacks Teachers of and Interest in Eastern Languages and So will Use English in Speaking with Asians, Expert Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/07/russia-lacks-teachers-of-and-much.html
18. Dissatisfaction in Russian Army May Lead to a Revolution like One in 1917, Kurnosova Says
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19. Russians Don’t Yet Hate the State but are Ever More Alienated from It, El Murid Says
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20. North Caucasus Officials’ Reliance on Russian Nationalist Groups to Help Militia Intensifying Non-Russian Nationalism in that Region, SOVA Expert Says
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21. Putin and His Elite are ‘Direct Heirs of Gorbachev,’ Shusharin Says
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22. Last Soviet Dissidents Stand with Today’s Opponents of Putin’s Fascism, Aleksandr Skobov Says
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23. Ukraine Set to Adopt Comprehensive Program to Actively Support Independence for Minority Nations inside Russia windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/ukraine-set-to-adopt-comprehensive.html
24. Circassians Press for Kyiv to Recognize Their 1864 Expulsion by Russian Empire as Genocide
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25. A New Islamist Underground Emerging in North Caucasus, One Far More Violent than Its Predecessor, Dubnov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-new-islamist-underground-emerging-in.html
26. Kremlin’s Listing of 55 National Liberation Groups as Part of Non-Existent Anti-Russian Separatist Movement Backfiring, Leaders of These Groups Say
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27. In Boosting Bonuses for Those who Sign Up to Fight in Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Subjects Involved in Bidding War, ‘NeMoskva’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-boosting-bonuses-for-those-who-sign.html
28. Russian Universities to Promote Common Civic Identity with New Course on Ethnology and Regional Studies windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/russian-universities-to-promote-common.html
29. Apparently on Moscow’s Order, Functions of Permanent Representations of Federal Subjects are Being Reduced windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/apparently-on-moscows-order-functions.html
30. Tajuddin Says Appeal in His Name for Muslim Republics to Fight ‘Intolerant’ Russians ‘a Fake’
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31. Tallinn Pushes Hard to End ‘Estonian Compromise’ on Orthodox Church
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32. By Defining Ukraine as an ‘Anti-World that Must be Destroyed,’ Russians have Spiritual Bond They Want, Shusharin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/by-defining-ukraine-as-anti-world-that.html
33. Russia on Its Way to Becoming ‘an Orthodox Christian Iran,’ Pivovarov Says
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34. 70,000 Russians Suffered ‘Deaths of Despair’ in 2022, ‘To Be Precise’ Says
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35. 70 Percent of Vets Admitted to Russian Universities This Year Wouldn’t have Been if Not for Kremlin’s Special Quotas, ‘Important Stories’ Reports
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36. ‘Nearly 100 Percent’ of Russian Orthodox Hierarchs were KGB Agents in Soviet Times, Soldatov Says
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37. Secessionist Challenges, Exploited by Putin, Almost Certainly would be Used by His Successors in the Same Way and with Similar Success, Gallyamov Says
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38. Death of Longtime Head of Coordinating Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus a Real Problem for Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/death-of-longtime-head-of-coordinating.html
39. Western Sections of Northern Sea Route Largely Ice Free but Eastern Portions Still have Dense Ice Pack, Russian Researchers Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/western-sections-of-northern-sea-route.html
40. North Ossetian NGOs Call for Immediate Demobilization of All Ossetians Serving in Russian Army in Ukraine
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41. Two Structures, One in Buryatia and Another in Moscow, Now Competing for Leadership of Russia’s Buddhists windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/two-structures-one-in-buryatia-and.html
42. Overwhelming Majority of Russia’s Political Prisoners Get No Support, Leading to Their Silence and Intimidating Others, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says
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43. Russians Now Joke about Aging Putin Leadership as They Did about Soviet Leaders at the End of Soviet Times
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44. No Ethnic Russian Region has an Elite Ready to Seek Independence, Kynyev Says
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45. North Ossetian Officials Restrained in Their Reaction to Appeal to have All Ossetians Fighting in Ukraine Return Home windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/north-ossetian-officials-restrained-in.html
46. Focus on Past Rather than Future Puts Survival of Tatars as Nation at Risk, Latypov Says
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47. Russian Flight from Primorsky Kray to Other Parts of Russia Continues to Increase but to Foreign Countries Declines Further, Regional Statistics Agency Says
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48. Fewer Young Russians Want to Work for the State, Another Sign of Deteriorating Relations between Regime and Society, Telegram Channel Says
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49. ‘Most Important Event in Contemporary Russian History was Killing of Muammar Qadaffi’ in 2011, Shelin Says
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50. Kremlin’s Restricted Coverage of Ukraine War Giving Rise to Urban Legends and Use of Military Jargon among Russians, Arkhipova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/kremlins-restricted-coverage-of-ukraine.html