Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia August 27, 2025
1. Moscow Allocated Funds for Two New Icebreakers in 2021 but Hasn’t Yet Started Construction of Either, Accounting Chamber Reports
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2. Increasingly Assertive Ethnic Enclaves Threaten Russia’s Territorial Integrity, ‘Versiya’ Says
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3. Small Size of Apartments in Russia Major Reason Birthrate is So Low, Deputy PM Says
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4. Russians Increasingly Suffering from Russo-Pessimism, Lea and Taskin Say
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5. Three Years into Putin’s War, Income Gaps among and within Russia’s Federal Subjects have Increased; and Residents are Starting to Take Notice, Shapiro Says
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6. Kremlin Drawing on Sergianism and National Bolshevism to Promote ‘Russian World’ as Centerpiece of Its Ideology, Savvin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/kremlin-drawing-on-sergianism-and.html
7. Moscow Lashes Out at Oslo as Norway Marks Centenary of Svalbard Treaty
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8. Russia’s Northern Fleet Commander Says Stalin’s War against Finland in 1939-1940 has Important Lessons for the Present windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/russias-northern-fleet-commander-says.html
9. Moscow Launches Film Series on How Non-Russians Joined ‘Friendly Family of Peoples of Russia’
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10. Sakha Deputy Under Fire for Calling of Independence of His Republic Reminds Russians They Once Dreamed of Getting Out from Under Mongol Rule
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11. Russian Authorities Allowing Salafi Muslim Leaders to Continue to Preach as Long as They Don’t Criticize Putin windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/russian-authorities-allowing-salafi.html
12. Climate Change and Official Indifference Leading to Desertification of Southern Russia, ‘Kedr’ Portal Says
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13. Russian Church in Moldova Sets Up Internet Portal to Track Attacks on Russian Churches in Former Soviet Space and Traditionalist Faithful Elsewhere
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14. Social Chamber Official Calls for Limiting Parental Choice of Names for Children
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15. Since 2019, Pro-Kremlin Media Increasingly Full of Hate Speech But There are Limits to the Amount and Its Influence, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Study Says
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16. Rapprochement of Russian Community Group and Chechen Special Services Useful for Russian Nationalists, Chechens and the Kremlin, Four Russian Analysts Say
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17. Orthodox World ‘Beginning to Forget about Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Long Part of the Moscow Patriarchate, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ Says
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18. Russian Forces Closing All Churches in Occupied Territories Except Those Affiliated with Moscow Patriarchate, Documentary Journalist Reports
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19. Moscow’s Promotion of Teenage Pregnancies to Boost Birthrate Leading to Spread of STDs
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20. Russians on Social Networks Denounce Moscow Introduction of Patriotic Courses for Pre-Schoolers as ‘Brainwashing’ windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/russians-on-social-networks-denounce.html
21. Bishkek’s Promotion of Kyrgyz Language will Spark Flight of Russians and Make It More Difficult for Kyrgyz who Want to Work in Russian Federation
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22. Yerevan and Tehran Tighten Relations, Raising Problems in Zengezur where Transit between Armenia and Iran will Cross US-Managed Corridor between Azerbaijan and Nakhichivan
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23. Given Shortage of Funds, Moscow May Soon Stop Dredging Key Canal for Trade with Iran
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24. Putin Recruited Criminals to Fight in Ukraine – and Now as Veterans, They’re Resuming a Life of Crime
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25. Nearly 400 Russians have Been Fined for Telling Jokes about or Insulting Putin since That became a Crime 6 Years Ago, ‘Vyorstka’ Says
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26. Only One Russian in Seven wants to Live in a Capitalist Russia, Less than a Third of the Share which wants to Live Under Socialism, Academy of Sciences Poll Finds
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27. Diamonds are Putin’s Best Friend: Russian Jewels Help Finance His War in Ukraine
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28. Commander and Men in Russian Unit in Ukraine Shot at One Another to Get Cash Awards and Decorations, ‘Kommersant’ Reports windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/commander-and-men-in-russian-unit-in.html
29. Ever More Russians Taking Second Jobs to Make Ends Meet, Putting Their Health at Serious Risk, Experts Say
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30. Three Quarters of Russians Now Believe that ‘Russia is Better than Other Countries’ and that ‘People Must Support Their Country Even if It is Wrong,’ Levada Center Surveys Find
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31. Moscow Under-Reporting Drought Losses and Doing Little to Help Small Farmers, ‘Novyye Izvestiya’ Says
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32. Russian Foreign Ministry Journal Article Says Baltic Region ‘Potential Theater of Military Operations’
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33. As Many as 700,000 Ukrainians Formed Underground Units to Fight Soviet Occupation of Their Republic in the Decade after 1945 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/as-many-as-700000-ukrainians-formed.html
34. Officials in Three Districts of the Altai Resist Dispensing with Municipal Administrations as Moscow has Ordered and the Republic has Agreed
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35. Another Revenant from the Soviet Past – Communal Apartments Return to Russian Cities
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36. Declines in the Number of Births and Increases in Prices for Consumer Goods Driving Down Russians’ Purchases of Goods for Babies, ‘Kommersant’ Reports
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37. Moscow Closing Prison Camps But It is Planning to Open More Preliminary Detention Centers where Many are Held and Conditions are Often Worse
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38. Armenians Demonstrate to Demand Moscow Close Russian Base at Gyumri But Others Do So Because They Want It to Remain windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/armenians-demonstrate-to-demand-moscow.html
39. Moscow Dropping ‘Native Language’ and ‘Native Literature’ from Required Course List of School Programs as of 2026-2027 School Year
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40. After Text of Peace Accord Agreed Upon, Baku Says It will Increase Defense Spending while Yerevan Signals It Won’t windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/after-text-of-peace-accord-agreed-upon.html
41. Hundreds of Streets in Russian Cities and Villages Being Renamed for Soldiers who Died Fighting in Ukraine
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42. Officials Say Mordvin School Closed for Safety Reasons but Local People Blame This Move on Kremlin’s Need to Find Money for Putin’s War
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43. Sobyanin’s Talk about How Many Muscovites are Fighting in Ukraine Only Highlights How Few Are
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44. Russian Officer Corps Unlikely to Be Happy about Reduction in Its Role after Putin’s War in Ukraine Ends, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/russian-officer-corps-unlikely-to-be.html
45. Altai Republic Opponents of Kremlin’s Abolishing of District Governments have Lost that Battle but have Become a Political Force, Kuznetsov Says
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46. Moscow Patriarchate Directs Russian Orthodox Bishoprics to Work Closely with Odious Russian Community
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47. Veterans Returning from Ukraine May Want to Change the Russian Elite but Won’t Be Able to Do So, Zhuravlyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/veterans-returning-from-ukraine-may.html
48. To Develop North, Moscow has No Choice but to Rely on Water Routes, Pastrushev Says; But Doing So Won’t Be Easy windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/to-develop-north-moscow-has-no-choice.html
49. Russian Government has ‘Buried’ Plan to Rely on Megalopolis Strategy, Delyagin Says
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50. Extraordinarily Harsh Sentences in Makhachkala Airport Cases Send a Message Dagestani Regime Won’t Tolerate Any Protests, Republic Journalist Says
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