Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / March 31, 2026
1. Number of Russians Performing Alternative Service Rose by a Third between 2024 and 2025
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2. Rosstat Stops Publishing Gini Coefficient to Hide the Fact that Income Inequality in Russia has Been Increasing for the Last Four Years, ‘To Be Precise’ Portal Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/rosstat-stops-publishing-gini.html
3. South Caucasus Countries Brace for Possible Influx of Refugees from Iran
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/south-caucasus-countries-brace-for.html
4. Veterans of Putin’s War in Ukraine May Return Crime Levels in Russia before 2022 but are Unlikely to Push Them Up Much Higher, Titayev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/veterans-of-putins-war-in-ukraine-may.html
5. Ethnic Russian Fertility Rate is Now 1.1, Half of Replacement Level of 2.2 and Below Figure of 1.3 for All Residents of the Russian Federation, Nikiforov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/ethnic-russian-fertility-rate-is-now-11.html
6. Moscow City Administration’s Much-Ballyhooed Reductions in Force a PR Exercise to Calm Other Russians and the Kremlin, Rybakova Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/moscow-city-administrations-much.html
7. Instead of the Siberianization the Kremlin Talks About, Moscow is Taking Actions that will Lead to ‘the Final Sinification” of Russia, Shtepa Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/instead-of-siberianization-kremlin.html
8. Aliyev Takes Complete Control over Nakhchivan Government
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9. Duma Deputies Want to Ban Foreign Films Featuring ‘Stereotypical Images of Russians’
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/duma-deputies-want-to-ban-foreign-films.html
10. Russia’s Liberal Parties have Failed Because Most Called Liberal Really Aren’t, Minchenko Says
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russias-liberal-parties-have-failed.html
11. After Four Years of War, Russia has Moved from ‘Iranization’ to ‘Sinfication,’ Lea and Taskin Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/after-four-years-of-war-russia-has.html
12. Caspian Sea Water Level has Fallen to Lowest Level in Last 400 Years, Moscow Scholars Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/caspian-sea-water-level-has-fallen-to.html
13. Russian Company on Svalbard Hoists Soviet Flag to Welcome First Russian Passemnger Vessel to Visit the Norwegian Archipelago This Year
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14. Russia’s Federalization Requires Weakening of Moscow Because Federal Subjects are Too Diverse to Form Alliance among Themselves, Busygina Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russias-federalization-requires.html
15. Economic Problems and Never-Ending War in Ukraine Upsetting Russians’ Psychological Well-Being, Academy of Sciences Study Finds
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/economic-problems-and-never-ending-war.html
16. In the Fifth Year of Putin’s War in Ukraine, ‘No Russian Region Can Feel Safe,’ Shoigu Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-fifth-year-of-putins-war-in-ukraine.html
17. Forced Confession and Draconian Sentence of Adygey Activist a Warning to All Circassians that Moscow will Repress Them for Any Independent Thought, Kik Says
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18. Putin Constantly Talks about Preserving Russia’s Heritage but New Duma Measure Puts Almost 90 Percent of Heritage Sites at Risk windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putin-constantly-talks-about-preserving.htm
19. Across Russia, Police Increasingly Take Side of Aggressors in Cases of Family Violence, ‘Ad Rem’ Report Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/across-russia-police-increasingly-take.html
20. Majority of Russians Really Tired of War but Expect It to Continue Anyway, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/majority-of-russians-really-tired-of.html
21. Moscow Media Referring to ‘Pro-Russian Underground’ in Ukraine Far Less Often Now than in the Past, ‘Vot-Tak TV’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/moscow-media-referring-to-pro-russian.html
22. Far From All Russian Orthodox Priests Support Putin’s War in Ukraine, ‘Cherta’ Investigation Finds
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/far-from-all-russian-orthodox-priests.html
23. Putin’s Moves against the Internet Showing Russians He Wants to Repress Everyone and Everything and Not Just Selected Groups, Kolesnikov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putins-moves-against-internet-showing.html
24. Russia’s Zoomers like ‘the Raznochintsy’ Two Centuries Ago Likely to Turn to Revolutionary Ideas, Semyonov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russias-zoomers-like-raznochintsy-two.html
25. A Real Generational Gap has Emerged in Russia Between Those Born before 1981 and Those Born after 1991, Makarkin Says Polls Show
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-real-generational-gap-has-emerged-in.html
26. Putin’s Attacks on the Internet Likely to Depress Russia’s Fertility Rate Still Further, Studies Suggest
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putins-attacks-on-internet-likely-to.html
27. Russia’s Richest Regions Growing Richer while Poorest Ones Grow Poorer, Academy of Sciences Study Documents windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russias-richest-regions-growing-richer.html
28. Putin Regime Bringing Charges Against Russians for Posts They Made Online Long Ago
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putin-regime-bringing-charges-against.html
29. Moscow’s Blocking of Telegram Costing Pro-Kremlin Media More It is Opposition Outlets, Preliminary Figures Show https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/moscows-blocking-of-telegram-costing.html
30. Many Russians in Smaller Cities Unchanged from 2000 and in Some Ways Even Worse Now than in Soviet Times, Vladimirov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/many-russians-in-smaller-cities.html
31. Putin’s Stalinism Still Less Frightening than Repulsive But That May Soon Change, Pastukhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putins-stalinism-still-less-frightening.html
32. Even Pro-War Z Bloggers Now Talking about ‘Pre-Revolutionary Situation’ in Russia
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/even-pro-war-z-bloggers-now-talking.html
33. Failure of Russians to Take Care of Spaces around Where They Live has Multiple Causes, Semendayeva Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/failure-of-russians-to-take-care-of.html
34. Russians Marry Later Now than in the Past and All Signs are That They will Marry Even Later in the Future Regardless of What Moscow Does, ‘To Be Precise’ Portal Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/russians-marry-later-now-than-in-past.html
35. Ethnic Russian Hatred of Minorities at Home a Harbinger of Ultimate Ukrainian Victory, Kazakh Portal Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/ethnic-russian-hatred-of-minorities-at.html
36. Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine has Led Many Komis to Become More Attached to Their Language, Their Republic and Their National Identity, New Survey Finds
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putins-invasion-of-ukraine-has-led-many.html
37. Putin Using Notion of ‘Genocide of Soviet People’ to Present Russians as ‘a Messianic Nation’ and Justify Rebuilding Empire, Khapayeva Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putin-using-notion-of-genocide-of.html
38. Kremlin has Been Closing Psychiatric Clinics Even Though More than 20 Percent of Ukrainian War Veterans Need Treatment, Doctor Says
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/kremlin-has-been-closing-psychiatric.html
39. Fewer from Abroad are Taking Russian Citizenship Now and More who Do So are Migrant Workers from Central Asia, Further Reducing Ethnic Russian Share of Country’s Population
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/fewer-from-abroad-are-taking-russian.html
40. For First Time Since 1998, More than Half of Russians Don’t Attend Orthodox Church Services, Levada Center Poll Finds windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/for-first-time-since-1998-more-than.html
41. Returning Ethnic Kazakhs Rather than Arriving or Departing Ethnic Russians Dominated Kazakhstan’s Migration Flows in 2025, Astana Says
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42. Once Large and Active Ukrainian Diaspora in Russia Currently ‘Lost to Ukraine,’ Former Kyiv Diplomat Says
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43. Kremlin Policies Ensure Veterans Returning from Putin’s War will Be a Far Larger Problem than the Afgantsy were a Generation Ago, Russian Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/kremlin-policies-ensure-veterans.html
44. Moldova’s Exit from CIS Shows It is Becoming ‘an Anti-Russia’ like Ukraine, Kiselyov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/moldovas-exit-from-cis-shows-it-is.html
45. For First Time in Fifty Years, Migration Flows have Now Shifted Away from Russia’s Major Cities toward Smaller Ones, Moscow Experts Say
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46. Putin Signs Law Making It Far More Difficult to Bring Russian Soldiers who Perpetrate Sex Crimes to Justice and Blocking Sharing of Genetic Information with Foreign Researchers, Russian Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/putin-signs-law-making-it-far-more.html
47. Desertions from Russian Army in Ukraine Doubled from 2024 to 2025, Kyiv Agency Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/desertions-from-russian-army-in-ukraine.html
48. Targeted Government Financial Support and Outright Bans Won’t Reverse Collapse of Fertility Rate in Russia, Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/targeted-government-financial-support.html
49. CIS Remains Useful but is Less Important than It Used to Be, Kazakhstan Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/cis-remains-useful-but-is-less.html
50. Impact of Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia’s Oil Ports in Baltic Highlight Its Logistical Bottlenecks
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/03/impact-of-ukrainian-drone-attack-on.html
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