Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / September 02, 2024
1. Believing in a Beautiful Russia of the Future in 1991 Meant You didn’t Have a Heart, Eidman Says; but Doing So Now Means You Don’t have a Brain
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2. That Putin Felt Compelled to Distract Attention to Kursk by Visiting Beslan a Positive Sign, Pastukhov Says
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3. Putin Seeking to Destroy All Independent Charitable Activities in Russia, Bukina Says
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4. Russian Foreign Minister Denounces Yerevan for Its Stance on Zengezur Corridor
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5. What’s Next for Moscow Church in Ukraine? A Variety of Possibilities windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/whats-next-for-moscow-church-in-ukraine.html
6. Moscow Patriarchate’s Doubling of Bishoprics under Kirill Backfiring, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ Journalist Says
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7. Kremlin’s Effort to Portray Events in Kursk as New Normal will Backfire, Gallyamov Says
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8. A Clue to Moscow’s Reaction to Kursk: Muscovites Feel Less Responsible for What Happens Elsewhere in Russia than Do Other Russians, Levada Center Poll Finds
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9. Estonian Orthodox Church Drops ‘of Moscow Patriarchate’ from Its Name, Further Reducing Russian Church’s Claimed Canonical Territory
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10. Ukraine’s Moves Against Orthodoxy Make Conflict There ‘a Religious War,’ Dugin Says
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11. If Putin is Forced to Block Emigration, His Regime’s Demise will be Approaching, Inozemtsev Says
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12. Putin’s War in Ukraine Taking Place Because Russian Empire Did Not Completely Fall Apart in 1991, Eidman Says
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13. No Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace Accord Likely to be Signed in 2024, Experts in Yerevan and Baku Say
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14. After Initial Panic, Russians have Largely Adapted to War in Ukraine and Its Consequences as a New Normal They Can Live With, Volkov Says
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15. Russians May Show Their Unhappiness about Kursk by Pulling Money from Banks Rather than Demonstrating in the Streets, Shelin Says
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16. Moscow Justifies Delaying Voting in Kursk By Region’s ‘Territorial Uncertainty,’ Arkhipova Says
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17. Putin’s Deadly Healthcare Optimization Sparking Protests in Russian North windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/08/putins-deadly-healthcare-optimization.html
18. Regional Parliaments Now Sending Far Fewer Proposals to Duma for New Legislation, Expert Says
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19. By Labelling So Many Terrorists, Moscow Paying Less Attention to Real Ones and making Prison Revolts a Systemic Problem, El Murid Says
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20. After Moscow Slowed YouTube, Russians Watched Fewer Movies but More News Programs, Klimaryov Says
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21. Putin has Increased the Number of Political Prisoners from One or Two Each Year at the Start of His Rule to Several Hundred a Year Now, Memorial Says
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22. Russian Prisons have Become Breeding Ground of Islamist Terrorists in Russia, Kochegin Says
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23. Moscow ‘Completely Ignoring’ the Soft Power It Still Has in Post-Soviet Space and Thus Rapidly Losing Its Influence There, Shimov Says
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24. Poll Suggests Russians Don’t See Need for School Courses on Foreign Languages or Ideological Subjects, Editors of ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ Say
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25. Replacing Sex Education with Family Studies Course Won’t Boost Birthrate but Will Cause Problems, Russian Psychologist Says
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26. Almost Half of Russians Say It’s Likely Prigozhin is Still Alive, New Poll Shows
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27. Moscow Patriarchate Divided about August 1991 Coup Plotters Because They were Divided about the Church, Soldatov Says
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28. Russians Don’t Trust Each Other and, Because That is So, They Do Trust Putin, VTsIOM Head Says
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29. Tengrian Petition to Gain Official Status as Religion in Kazakhstan Faces Uphill Battle
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30. Moscow Using Minsk to Spread Russian World into Central Asia, Free Uzbekistan Leader Says
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31. Putin Worried about Falling Water Levels and Siltification of Volga River and Caspian Sea
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32. After 30 Years of Failure, Central Asian Countries Adopting More Productive Approach to Region’s Water Shortages, Regional Experts Say
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33. Both Russian Émigré Camps Engaging in Wishful Thinking about Russia’s Future, Shtepa Says
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34. Putin has Long Thought that Everything is about Money but War in Ukraine is Proving Him Wrong, Pastukhov Says
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35. Clashes Between Ethnic Diasporas and Russian Nationalist Groups on the Rise in Russia’s South
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36. Despite Moscow’s Denials, Schools in Muslim North Caucasus So Overcrowded that Many Operate on a Three-Shift Schedule
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37. Putin’s Attacks on Ukrainian Culture Prompting Young Non-Russians within RF to Take an Interest in Acquiring and Maintaining Their Own
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38. Illegal Drug Use Increasing Problem among Russian Troops in Ukraine and among Veterans Suffering from PTSD, ‘Dovod’ Says
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39. Regional Identities Absent in Predominantly Ethnic Russian Areas but Strong in Non-Russian Republics, Shulga Says
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40. Putin’s Cult of Personality Means He Isn’t Judged by Many Regardless of What He Does, Pastukhov Says
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41. Ukraine’s Intervention in Kursk Latest Indication Russian Borders aren’t What Russians and Many Others Believe Them to Be, ‘Important Stories’ Journalist Says
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42. Half of Russia’s Population has Lived Its Entire Politically Conscious Life Under Putin, Minkin Says
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43. For Putin, War in Ukraine is a Means Not an End in Itself, Shusharin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2024/09/for-putin-war-in-ukraine-is-means-not.html
44. Moscow Claims to Have Recruited More than Half of Alexandrian Patriarchate’s Priests in Africa
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45. Global Warming to have Net Positive Effect on Russian Economy if Moscow Takes Necessary Measures, Academy of Sciences Says
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46. Dolgan Émigré Publishes Her Novel in Dual Dolgan-Russian Edition Because So Few Can Read Her Native Language
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47. Ever More Graduates of Russian Higher Education Can’t Find Jobs in Their Specialties, New Study Says
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48. Ever Larger Bonuses for Those Who Join Russian Army Indication that ‘Money Alone is Ceasing to Work,’ El Murid Says
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49. Kyiv Should Change Its Message in Kursk from ‘Against Russia’ to ‘For Kursk’ and for All Other Russian Regions, Shtepa Says
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50. A Real Veterans Party, One that Could Threaten the Kremlin, Will Emerge Only if Several Million Russians Fight in Ukraine and then Return, Milyuk Says
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