Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / January 09, 2026
Main Divide in Russian Political Life ‘Not Between Ethnic Russians and Non-Russians but Between Imperialists and Regionalists,’ Shtepa Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/main-divide-in-russian-political-life.html
2. Moscow Threatens Activists from Numerically Small Nations with Up to 20 Years in Prison
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/moscow-threatens-activists-from.html
3. Information on Russian Combat Losses in Ukraine More Available and Reliable than That about Deteriorating Demographic Situation at Home, Raksha Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/information-on-russian-combat-losses-in.html
4. Ending Use of Migrant Labor Would Lead to Economic Collapse of Moscow ‘Under the Guise of Populism, Sobyanin Says https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/ending-use-of-migrant-labor-would-lead.html
5. In 2025, Russians Protested against Putin’s Policies but Not Against Putin, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Reports
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-2025-russians-protested-against.html
6. October 1993 Events Put an End to Moscow Patriarchate’s Hopes to Become a Force Independent of the Russian State, New Book Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/october-1993-events-put-end-to-moscow.html
7. Two World Orders have Collapsed in Less than 40 Years, Sergey Medvedev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/two-world-orders-have-collapsed-in-less.html
8. Baku Asks Turkey to Get Involved in Responding to Falling Water Levels of Caspian Sea
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/baku-asks-turkey-to-get-involved-in.html
9. New Law Specifies that Moscow will No Longer Obey Any International Courts Not Set Up by UN Security Council where Moscow has a Veto
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-law-specifies-that-moscow-will-no.html
10. Moscow Spent about 150 Billion US Dollars to Occupy Just One Percent More of Ukrainian Territory over the Last 12 Months, Krichevskaya Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/moscow-spent-about-150-billion-us.html
11. Another Part of Kremlin’s Negotiating Strategy over Ukraine: Moscow Says Its Geologists Found 251 New Deposits of Minerals in 2025, Seven Times More than a Year Earlier
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/another-part-of-kremlins-negotiating.html
12. Moscow’s Ranking of Universities in Terms of Graduates’ Employment May Lead to Closures that will Hurt Regions Now and All of Russia in Future, Komkov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/moscows-ranking-of-universities-in.html
13. Nearly 80 Percent of Russians Want Nationality Line Restored in Internal Passports, News Agency Poll Suggests
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/12/nearly-80-percent-of-russians-want.html
14. FSB Arrests Members of Batal-Haji Sufi Order in Moscow, Ingushetia, and Chechnya
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/fsb-arrests-members-of-batal-haji-sufi.html
15. In 2025, Lukashenka Convicted on Political Charges 10 Times More Belarusians than He Released
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/in-2025-lukashenka-convicted-of.html
16. Four Developments Changed Politics in Russia’s Regions in 2025, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/four-developments-changed-politics-in.html
17. Putin’s Russia has Passed from an Era of Understandings to One of Complete Lawlessness and Chaos, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-russia-has-passed-from-era-of.html
18. Chances of a Coup in Moscow Still Small but Nonetheless on the Rise, Eidman Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/chances-of-coup-in-moscow-still-small.html
19. Mobile Internet Switched Off across Russia Almost 12,000 Times in 2025, Mostly Outside of Moscow
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/mobile-internet-switched-off-across.html
20. Turkish Company Moves Super-Heavy Cargo by Waterways from Black Sea to Turkmenistan
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/turkish-company-moves-super-heavy-cargo.html
21. ‘Poverty is Normalizing Instability’ in Putin’s Russia and Sparking Micro-Protests but Not Mass Demonstrations, Sociologist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/poverty-is-normalizing-instability-in.html
22. Russia Fell Further and Further Behind China for Second Place in Space Race in 2025
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-fell-further-and-further-behind.html
23. Russian Elites Increasing Under Threat from Above and Below, Pertsev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russian-elites-increasing-under-threat.html
24. Veterans Returning from War in Ukraine may Open ‘Internal Front’ in Russia in 2026, Moscow Political Analysts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/veterans-returning-from-war-in-ukraine.html
25. Even Russian Ports along Northern Sea Route Must Be Dredged More Often – and Those which Aren’t Won’t Function windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/even-russian-ports-along-northern-sea.html
26. Tishkov Tells Tatars the Difference between ‘Russky’ and ‘Rossiisky’ is Small and Quite Similar to Difference between English and British in the UK
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/tishkov-tells-tatars-difference-between.html
27. Moscow Now Wants to Copy Housing Construction System Beijing Developed on Basis of Soviet Model
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/moscow-now-wants-to-copy-housing.html
28. Airport in Pevek, Asian Gateway to NSR, Not Linked by Road to Anywhere Else Except when Rivers Freeze, Can’t Handle Planes Larger than Boeing 737s
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/airport-in-pevek-asian-gateway-to-nsr.html
29. Putin’s Nationality Policy Council to Operate on Basis for Five Commissions
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-nationality-policy-council-to.html
30. Return of Pahlavi Dynasty Could Lead to Disintegration of Iran, Baku Commentator Warns
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/return-of-pahlavi-dynasty-could-lead-to.html
31. Second Sanctioned Russian Ship Visits Svalbard at Close of the Year
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/second-sanctioned-russian-ship-visits.html
32. Russians Likely More Upset by Orthodox Church’s Decision to Raise Prices for Services than by New Stories about Patriarch Kirill’s Secret Wife
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russians-likely-more-upset-by-orthodox.html
33. To Fund Putin’s War in Ukraine, Moscow has Put on Hold Program to Replace Housing ‘Unsuitable for Living,’ Former Russian General Now Serving in the Duma Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/to-fund-putins-war-in-ukraine-moscow.html
34. Russia Can’t Democratize Until Its People Acquire Genuine National Identities of the Kind the Kremlin hasn’t Offered but that National Movements Do, Dukenbayev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-cant-democratize-until-its.html
35. ‘Repressions in Soviet Times Did Not Prevent USSR from Disintegrating,’ Baku Commentator Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/repressions-in-soviet-times-did-not.html
36. ‘Russia is Facing a Demographic Catastrophe but with Those Currently in Power, Nothing Else Could be Expected,’ Krupnov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-is-facing-demographic.html
37. Murmansk Promises Residents will Live Better in 2035 but Admits There’ll Be Fewer of Them
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/murmansk-promises-residents-will-live.html
38. Is Moscow about to Force Federal Subjects to Again Offer Larger Bonuses to Men who Sign Up for Military Service in Ukraine? windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-moscow-about-to-force-federal.html
39. Russia Won’t be Able to Address Basic Problems until War in Ukraine Ends, Former General and Now United Russia Duma Deputy Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-wont-be-able-to-address-basic.html
40. Only Moscow and St. Petersburg have Suffered Fewer Combat Losses than the North Caucasus Republics, Vyushkova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/only-moscow-and-st-petersburg-have.html
41. ‘De-Christianization of Christmas Not a Purely Western Problem,’ Khudiyev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/de-christianization-of-christmas-not.html
42. Moscow’s Use of Non-Russians as Cannon Fodder in Putin’s War in Ukraine Further Alienates Former Soviet Republics windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/moscows-use-of-non-russians-as-cannon.html
43. Russia’s Shipbuilding Yards Half Empty Because of Lack of Workers and Lack of the Modern Technologies Operators Want, Branch Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russias-shipbuilding-yards-half-empty.html
44. Russia’s Demographic Problems Sparked Series of Absurd Proposals and Even Actions in 2025, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russias-demographic-problems-sparked.html
45. Putin’s War in Ukraine Leaves Thousands of Russians This Winter without Heat or Water windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-war-in-ukraine-leaves-thousands.html
46. Moscow Launches Campaign against Discrimination of the Elderly
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/moscow-launches-campaign-against.html
47. ‘The Russian Orthodox Church has Not Been for a Long Time “a Church of the Babushkas”’ – and Elderly Women who Do Attend aren’t like Those of Soviet Times, Legoyda Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-russian-orthodox-church-has-not.html
48. Russians are Going to Lose More Rights and Opportunities in 2026, ‘Vyorstka’ Journalists Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russians-are-going-to-lose-more-rights.html
49. Men from Rural Areas of Tatarstan Four to Five Times More Likely Relative to Population to have Died in Putin’s War in Ukraine than Residents of Kazan, Available Statistics Show
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/men-from-rural-areas-of-tatarstan-four.html
50. Drunks in Rural Villages Now Being Recruited in Large Numbers to Fill Depleted Ranks of Russian Army in Ukraine and Then Dying in Their First Battles There
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/drunks-in-rural-villages-now-being.html
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