Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / December 13, 2025
1. Arctic Ocean North of Russia’s Northern Sea Route Warming Far More than has Been Assumed
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2. CIS has Failed to Serve as Foundation for New Union, Moscow Historian Says
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3. Russia’s Non-Material Losses from Putin’s War Far Greater than Its Material Ones, Chernyshov Says
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4. In Unprecedented Move, Putin Puts Ethnic Russians at Center of Moscow’s Nationality Policy
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5. Founder of Ukrainian Green Wedge Organization Arrested in Georgia and May be Deported
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6. Moscow Institute Calls for Diverting Portions of Flow of Two Rivers in Northwestern Russia to Occupied Portions of Ukraine windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/11/moscow-institute-calls-for-diverting.html
7. Many Russian Companies aren’t Paying Workers Because Russian Government isn’t Paying Its Bills
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8. Moscow’s Anti-LGBT Laws Sparking Lively Growth in Underground Art Exhibitions Like Those in Soviet Times
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9. Russia Doesn’t Have Enough Psychologists and Return of Veterans from War in Ukraine will Overwhelm the System, Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/11/russia-doesnt-have-enough-psychologists.html
10. Northern Sea Route Fails to Deliver Enough Coal to Chukotka, Forcing Military Settlements to Close and Meaning Residents Face a Cold Winter without Heat
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11. Chaos Theory Now Operational Basis of Putin’s Foreign Policy, Barbashin Says
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12. Russians Today More Satisfied by Their Lot Primarily Because Kremlin has Given Them Way to Channel Internal Aggression, Gudkov Says
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13. To Boost Shipbuilding, Russia’s Transportation Ministry wants to Ban All Ships Older than 40 Years from Entering Russia’s Harbors But the Results are Likely to Be Disastrous
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14. Even Jailors and Senior Investigators are Fleeing Russia in Droves, Romanova Says
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15. Returning Veterans Already Imposing Huge Burdens on Medical and Psychological Services of Russia’s Federal Subjects, Bashkortostan Data Suggests
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16. As Result of War in Ukraine, West has Achieved Its Main Goal Regarding Russia, Kalashnikov Says
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17. Migrants from Central Asia in Russian Federation Deeply Split along Ethnic Lines, Kotkov Says
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18. Russian Children asked to Make Amulets Ostensibly to Protect Russian Soldiers in Ukraine But in Fact to Unite Population Behind Putin’s War There
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19. After War in Ukraine, Moscow will Strengthen Its Position within Its Sphere of Influence but That Sphere Will Be Smaller,’ Beijing Commentator Says
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20. Nearly 90 Percent of Russian Government Infrastructure Projects Currently Not Completed on Budget or on Time, Accounting Chamber Says
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21. Putin’s War in Ukraine has Created a New and Very Different Ethnic Russia Diaspora in Kazakhstan
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22. Growing Water Shortages in Central Asia May Soon Force Evacuation of National Capitals There, Experts Say
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23. Vice Governors and Limited Public Space Play Key Roles in Putin’s System, Morozov Says
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24. Permafrost Melting Damaging Key Infrastructure in Russian North, ‘To Be Precise’ Says
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25. With New Tax Arrangements, Kremlin Sacrificing Regional Interests but Likely to Hurt Residents of Moscow as Well, ‘The Insider’ Says
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26. Russia Now has Third Highest Divorce Rate in the World, Sparking Debate on What Can Be Done
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27. For Russians Under 30, Most Significant Book is Orwell’s ‘1984’; for All Russians, It’s Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’
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28. On Anniversary of Franco’s Death, Russian Extreme Right Group Reverses Anti-Fascist Slogan of Spanish Civil War and Declares ‘We Shall Pass’
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29. ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’ Alive and Well in Putin’s Russia, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says
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30. Ever More Russian Soldiers Wounded in Ukraine – So Putin Stops Publishing Data on Invalids
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31. Efforts to Restore Traditional Values Not Integrated into Modernity Invariably End in Disaster, Russia’s ‘Open Expanse’ Telegram Channel Says
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32. Opposition Parties in Karelia Walk Out of Parliament to Protest ‘Hegemony’ of United Russia
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33. Central Asian Diasporas in US Increasingly Organized and Active
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34. Moscow Promises Response to Faroe Islands’ New Ban on Russian Fishing Ships Entering Its Ports
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35. Violence along Tajikistan-Afghanistan Border has Many Causes and Involves Many Countries windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/violence-along-tajikistan-afghanistan.html
36. Putin Plans to Extend Assimilationist Policies He’s Imposing on Occupied Ukrainian Areas to Non-Russians within Russian Federation, Levchenko Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/putin-plans-to-extend-assimilationist.html
37. Putin Won’t End His War Because His Survival Requires It Continue, Doliyev Says
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38. Moscow Actively Preparing for Nuremberg-Style Trial of Ukrainians for ‘War Crimes,’ Stepashin Says
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39. Pushkin Institute Says Russia’s Word of the Year is ‘Victory;’ Russian People Say Its ‘Anxiety’
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40. High Costs and Increasing Budgetary Stringencies Forcing Moscow to Abandon Plans for New Rail Routes Supporting Northern Sea Route and Trade with China
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41. More than Half of Russia’s Immigrant Workers in Moscow and St. Petersburg Agglomerations, Rosstat Says
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42. New Generation of Russian Orthodox Leaders Contains Both More Liberals and More Reactionaries, Mitrokhin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-generation-of-russian-orthodox.html
43. ‘If US Leaves NATO, Bloc Could Become More Anti-Russian,’ Moscow Analyst Says
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44. Leaders of Non-Russian National Movements at Kyiv Meeting Call for Armed Struggle against Muscovite Imperialism windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/leaders-of-non-russian-national.html
45. Heating of Russian Homes, Schools and Hospitals has Failed ‘a Minimum of 123 Times’ since October Because of Decaying Infrastructure, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says
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46. Karelian Language Dying in Karelian Republic Because of Moscow’s Policies and Flight of Karelians to Finland
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47. In Contrast to Russia’s Kid Glove Approach, Ukraine has Taken a Tough Line Not Only against Elite Corruption but Also Crimes by Veterans
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48. Russian Politicians Urge Moscow to Denounce Dual Citizenship Accord with Tajikistan
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49. Failure of Central Asian Countries to Replace Aging Infrastructure Becoming Economic, Social and Political Threat to Their Future, ‘Bugin’ Portal Says
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50. Russian Oil Companies Should Use Siberian Rivers to Export Their Production, Verkhoturov Says
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