Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / February 26, 2026

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / February 26, 2026

1.     ‘Daptar’ Portal Launches Bulletin on Femicide in the North Caucasus

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2.     Power to Tax is Power to Destroy, and Moscow is Now Deploying It Against Aboriginal Peoples

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3.     Russian Intelligence Targeting Svalbard and Finmark, Using Russian Crews on Foreign-Flagged Vessels to Do So, Norwegian Police Security Service Warns

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4.     Both History and Current Problems Behind High Rates of Recidivism and Violent Crime in Urals Region, Russian Police Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/both-history-and-current-problems.html

5.     Hard-Pressed Orenburg Oblast Turns to Nizhny Novgorod for Money to Pay Bonuses to Those Signing Up for the Russian Army windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/hard-pressed-orenburg-oblast-turns-to.html

6.     ‘At a Minimum,’ Russia has Lost 20 Times as Many Killed in Action in Ukraine over the Last Four Years as the USSR Lost in Afghanistan over Ten, Zhelenin Says

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7.     Putin has Made Governors Targets of Popular Anger and Their Spending on Body Guards has Almost Doubled since 2022, ‘Vedomosti’ Reports

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8.     Northern Sea Route Carried Less Cargo Last Year than the Year Before and Far Less than Moscow had Projected

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9.     Following Protests, Budget Cuts and a Reality Check, Moscow Plans to Allow River and Sea Vessels to Remain Service until Age of 50 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/following-protests-budget-cuts-and.html

10.  Russian Economy Consists of ‘Islands of Growth in an Ocean of Stagnation,’ Prokofyev Says

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11.  Conflicts over Water Intensify in Southern Russia, Threatening Moscow’s Plans for North-South Corridor

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12.  Kazakhstan Must Rely on Technology rather than Partisans for Defense, Kazakh Journal Says

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13.  Residents of Regions Lagging Economically Often Happier than Those in Places Doing Better on that Measure, ‘Rabota’ Survey Reports

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14.  Bride Kidnapping has Largely Disappeared in North Caucasus but Remains Widespread in Some Parts of Central Asia, Moscow Expert Says

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15.  New Kazakhstan Constitution Puts Russian ‘Alongside’ rather than ‘On Par’ with Kazakh, a Change Angering Some in Both Countries windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-kazakhstan-constitution-puts.html

16.  Violence Spreading and Intensifying in Russian Schools

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17.  More than 60 Percent of Reported Growth in Russia’s Oil and Gas Reserves Can’t Be Exploited at Current or Lower Prices for Petroleum, Experts Say

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18.  Chinese Firms Destroying Russian Counterparts Because of Beijing’s Actions, Business Leaders in Russia Fear

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19.  Ethnic Russians in Emigration Organizing Regionally to Help Each Other and Retain Ties with People Back Home

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20.  More than a Quarter Million Muscovites Now Own One or More Guns, Officials Say

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21.  Draft Law Would Ban Religious Services in Russian Apartment Houses, Hitting Muslims Hardest

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22.  Russia Threatened by Rise of So-Called ‘Lumpen Proletariat,’ Club of the Regions Experts Say

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23.  Tolkien’s Orcs, and the Identification of Russians with Them, Key to Understanding Putin’s Country, Savvin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/tolkiens-orcs-and-identification-of.html

24.  Russia’s Fate Being ‘Decided by the Economy and Not with the Seizure of Some Village in Ukraine,’ Kalashnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/russias-fate-being-decided-by-economy.html

25.  Russians Now Equally Divided as to Whether They Can Trust Others, with Young and Those who Think Their Country is Going in the Wrong Direction Less Likely to Do So, Levada Center Polls Show

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26.  Kremlin’s Ban on Open Discussion of Federalism Leading to Radicalization of Ethnic and Regional Movements, Pylayeva Says  windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/kremlins-ban-on-open-discussion-of.html

27.  Putin’s War is Why So Many Russians are Suffering in the Dark, Cold and without Water, ‘Important Stories’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/putins-war-is-why-so-many-russians-are.html

28.  Pope Leo’s Meeting with Head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Calls Attention to Role of That Denomination Not Only in Ukraine but Across Former Soviet Space

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29.  Huge New Detention Center near Moscow will Make It Easier for Kremlin to Hold More Russians without Trial and Harder for Those Held There to Defend Themselves

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30.  Free Russian Forum Focuses on Helping Ukraine rather than on Transforming Russia, Shtepa Says

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31.  Under New Constitution, Kazakhstan will Break Free of Soviet Russian Past and Become Kazakh Eli

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32.  Russia’s Truck Drivers Demand that No Law Affecting Them be Adopted without Their Participation

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33.  Russia’s Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet More Overstretched and Thus Less Intimidating than Moscow Likes to Suggest windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/russias-nuclear-icebreaker-fleet-more.html

34.  Fewer Compatriots Returned to Russia in 2025 than at Any Time in Last 15 Years

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35.  Amur Oblast Official Seeks to Calm Russians East of the Urals about China’s Rise

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36.  Share of Russian Pupils Studying in Second Shift has Risen Not Fallen Since Putin Pledged in 2018 to Do Away with This Practice by 2025, ‘To Be Precise’ Reports

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37.  Declining Share of Ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan No Longer Primarily about Outmigration than Instead Reflects Their Lower Birthrate and Higher Death Rate than Kazakhs

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38.  Russians Oppose Violent Overthrow of Dictators Abroad and at Home as Well, Shelin Says

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39.  No Longer Able to Qualify for Loans, Russians Increasingly are Turning to Pawnshops and Selling Off Not Just Jewelry but Essentials windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/no-longer-able-to-qualify-for-loans.html

40.  Putin’s War Leaving Russia with Several Hundred Thousand Russians Morally Debased, Threatening the Country for Decades Ahead, Pastukhov Says

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41.  42 Percent of Well-Off Russians Live in Moscow, a City with Less than Ten Percent of that Country’s Populaiton, ‘To Be Precise’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/42-percent-of-well-off-russians-live-in.html

42.  Moscow has Closed 22 Embassies and Consulates in Western Countries since 2022 but Opened Nine Embassies and Seven Consulates in Africa and Asia

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43.  More than 30 of Russia’s Federal Subjects have Restored Sobering Up Centers

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44.  The Yellow Wedge in the Volga Region: Where Ukrainians Identify as Khokhols and Must Ally with Other Non-Russians against Moscow

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45.  Bomb Lenin Laid Under Russian Nation ‘Continues to Tick’ and Could Explode at a Most Inopportune Time, Khramov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/bomb-lenin-laid-under-russian-nation.html

46.  Russia’s Forestry Industry has Collapsed, Driving Down Incomes and Wrecking Regional Budgets East of the Urals windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/russias-forestry-industry-has-collapsed.html

47.  Moscow Fails to Publish Ethnic Composition of Compatriot Returnees and Russians are

Worried, Shustov Says

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48.  Reopening of Moscow’s GULAG Museum as Museum of Memory Intended to Prevent Any Comparisons between Stalin’s Time and Putin’s, Sarkisyan Says

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49.  Many of 80,000 Russian Policemen who Left Their Positions in 2025 Joining Private Security Companies, Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/many-of-80000-russian-policemen-who.html

50.  Family Members of Russian Combat Victims Need Psychological Help Too, ‘Vyorstka’ Says

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