Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / March 15, 2026
1. Siberia’s ‘Economically Accessible Resources’ Aren’t that Large, Verkhoturov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/02/siberias-economically-accessible.html
2. Chechen Language Dying Out Despite Official Promises and Pompous Celebrations, Experts Say
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3. Draft Duma Law Bans Face Coverings in Public – Except for Siloviki and Members of Russian Community
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4. Small Business in Russia Suffering from Oligarchs ‘No Less’ than Wage Earners, Novichkov Says
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5. Etkind Sees a Dangerous Continuity in American ‘Russian Studies’
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6. ‘Being Dark-Skinned in Today’s Russia Can Be Dangerous,’ Udmurt Now in Emigration Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/being-dark-skinned-in-todays-russia-can.html
7. Russian Housing Most Built in Soviet Times Now Facing Collapse and Under Law Can’t Be Fixed
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8. Putin Earlier won Support by Promising Stability and Predictability, but His War in Ukraine has Destroyed Both, Gallyamov Says
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9. Non-Russian Activists Now Focusing on Telling the World Russia is an Empire which Must Be Decolonized, Latypova Says
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10. Kremlin Ready to Tolerate Those Expressing Even Nazi Views as Long as They Back Putin’s War in Ukraine, Russian Experts Say
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11. Many Russian Liberals have Gradually Shifted Their Views on Putin’s War toward ‘a Partial Acceptance of an Interpretation Close to the Kremlin’s, Snegovaya Says
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12. For Four Reasons, Putin’s ‘Insane’ War in Ukraine Now New Normal in International Affairs, Inozemtsev Says
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13. Could Russia ‘Repeat’ Equivalent of Khrushchev’s De-Stalinization after Putin Leaves the Scene?
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14. Russia’s Far Right Using Denunciations as Primary Weapon to Attack Minorities, Memorial and ‘NeMoskva’ Portal Say
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15. Local and Regional Media in Russia Play Major Role in Promoting Putin’s War in Ukraine as ‘a Given’ and Entirely ‘Normal,’ ‘NeMoskva’ Says
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16. Armenian Border Guards Replace Russian Ones on Armenia’s Border with Turkey windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/armenian-border-guards-replace-russian.html
17. Regions and Republics will Turn on Moscow if They Sense the Center is Weakening even More Rapidly Now than They Did in 1991 to Get More Autonomy or Even Independence, Gallyamov Says
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18. Moscow Charging Ever More Youths with Political Crimes to Signal It is Ready to Repress Anyone who Opposes Putin, Memorial Expert Says
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19. Moscow Creates Digital Catalogue of Russian Heritage Monuments at Risk of Collapse in Hopes Private Sector will Rescue Them
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20. A Truly Disturbing Proposal: Putin Calls for Filling Depleted Ranks of Police with Veterans of His Expanded War in Ukraine
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21. Not a Single City, Town, Street or Square in Russia Bears Mikhail Gorbachev’s Name
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22. Russia’s Demographic Crisis Deepens and under Putin Threatens to Become Irreversible windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russias-demographic-crisis-deepens-and.html
23. Some No Longer Feel Compelled to Justify Military Action by Citing International Law and Some Who’ve Benefited from Its Provisions are Going Along, Bogush Says
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24. Mounting Debt of Russia’s Federal Subjects Prompting Regional Officials to Focus on Their Own Problems Rather than on Moscow’s, Shiryayev Says
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25. Moscow Plays Ethnic Card by Having Russians with Ukrainian Roots Attack Kyiv in Diplomatic and Media Spheres
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26. Anger about Putin’s Closing of Village Schools So Intense and Widespread Moscow has Decided Not to Shutter Any More Before Duma Elections
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27. Ever Fewer Russians Attending Universities, Closing Off that Social Escalator and Leaving Russia Further Behind Advanced Countries, Kulbaka Says
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28. Traditional Methods of Holding Russian Federation Together Becoming ‘Ever Less Effective,’ Observers in the Urals Says
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29. Residents of Cities in Russian North Feel Increasingly Insecure Because of Shortage of Policemen
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30. International Movement to Save the Caspian Sea Outlines Its Three Goals for the Future windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/international-movement-to-save-caspian.html
31. History has Replaced Ideology as Chief Political Argument in Russia, Erlikh Says
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32. Moscow’s Use of Convicts to Fight in Ukraine Allows Russia to Cut Number Still Incarcerated windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/moscows-use-of-convicts-to-fight-in.html
33. Moscow Now Singling Out Ethnic Ukrainians Living in ‘Wedges’ inside Russian Federation as ‘Extremists and Terrorists,’ Kyiv Study Documents
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34. Kremlin’s Use of Monetary Stimuli to Get Russians to Serve in Ukraine No Longer Working as Well as It Did, Inozemtsev Says
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35. Putin-Appointed Leaders in North Caucasus This Year Make No Mention of Stalin when Talking about His Deportations of Nationalities
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36. Poland Seeks to Involve Armenia in a Neo-Promethean Movement Against Russia, Makarov Says
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37. Kremlin Ignores Realities of Russian Family Life and Instead, to Boost Birthrates, Uses Highly Offensive and Ineffective Propaganda, Arkhipova Says
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38. What Happens in Ukraine and Whether Sanctions are Maintained Determine When Moscow Can Attack Baltics, Lithuanian Department of State Security Says
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39. First Russian Orthodox Church Parishioners in Africa Martyred for Their Faith
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40. At the Heart of Perestroika was Gorbachev’s Faith in ‘the Idea of the Peaceful Coexistence of Red and White Ideas,’ Tsipko Says
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41. Fergana Valley No Longer at ‘Critical Risk’ of Islamist Explosion, Regional Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/fergana-valley-no-longer-at-critical.html
42. Three Trends Exacerbated by Putin’s War Suggest Russia isn’t Headed toward a New Federalism or Disintegration but Rather toward Becoming a Failed State, Luzin Says
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43. Fertility Rate Fell in All Regions of Russia Last Month with Greatest Declines in North Caucasus where Birthrates Remain the Highest
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44. Only about Half of Moscow University Students Committed Patriots, New Academy of Sciences Study Says
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45. New Moscow Study Suggests 2022 Protests against Mobilization Far More Widespread than Reported at the Time
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46. Kazakhstan Portal Says Chinese Analysts have Concluded Russia Today Resembles the USSR in Its Final Years
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47. Ever More Russian Regions Slashing Healthcare Spending as Putin’s War in Ukraine Continues
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48. Moscow Now Using Artificial Intelligence for Censorship of Books to the Point of Ridiculousness, Orekh Says
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49. Poorer Ethnic Russian Regions Now ‘at Brink of Demographic Collapse,’ ‘Club of Regions’ Says
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50. As Putin’s War in Ukraine Drags On, Russians are Beginning to Listen to the Opposition, a Harbinger of Future Challenges to the Kremlin, Gallyamov Says
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