Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / August 10, 2024

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

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