Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / April 28, 2026
1. A Measure of Moscow’s Desperation: People Visiting AIDS Centers in Karelia Urged to Join Russian Army
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2. Russians Believe Their Country Needs a Strong State More than an Open Political System, Busygina and Filipppov Argue, and Putin Relies on That
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3. Moscow Not Only Carried Out a Genocide against Soviet People but Announced It Planned to Do So and Even Boasted about It, Savvin Says
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4. Moscow to Limit Ability of Federal Subjects to Modify List of Numerically Small Indigenous Peoples
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5. Soviet Regime Collapsed in Third Generation; Putin One Won’t Survive Even into a Second, Kurilla Says
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6. ‘Like Russians, Tatars are a Political Nation and a State-Forming People,’ Fakhrutdinov Says
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7. United Russia’s Duma Candidates May Lose the Way Orban’s Long-Serving Elite Did in Hungary and for Many of the Same Reasons, Aksyonov Says
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8. In Putin’s Russia, ‘Cruelty has Become a Form of Patriotism,’ Dmitry Muratov Says
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9. Despite Recent Declines, Fertility Rates in Central Asian Countries Average More than Twice That Metric in Russian Federation windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/despite-recent-declines-fertility-rates.html
10. Despite Nominal Ban, Russian Military Still Signing Up Mentally Handicapped to Fight and Die in Putin’s War in Ukraine, Activists Say
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11. Putin Promotes or at Least Benefits from Narrative that the FSB is Behind the Attack on Telegram Channels, Rogov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/putin-promotes-or-at-least-benefits.html
12. Since Putin’s War Started, Russia Opening Crematoria in Cities where Orthodoxy is Weak and Cemeteries where that Faith is Strong windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/since-putins-war-started-russia-opening.html
13. Blogger Attracts Attention of Russians and the Kremlin for Saying Putin Doesn’t Know What is Happening in His Country windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/blogger-attracts-attention-of-russians.html
14. A Football Team that Was Losing as Much as the Russian Economy Is would Change Managers, Academician Nigmatulin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-football-team-that-was-losing-as-much.html
15. ‘For First Time in Modern History, Russian Economy Suffering from a Labor Shortage,’ Central Bank Head Says
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16. Moscow Plans to Extend to the Postal System the Same ‘Last Mile’ Approach It has Employed against Internet Providers, Yakovlev Says
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17. Kazakhstan’s Plan to Expand the Small Aral Sea a ‘Hare-Brained Scheme,’ Bayalimov Says
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18. Alcoholism among Russians Increased Last Year by Largest Amount Since 2015, ‘Important Stories’ Reports
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19. Blaming All Russians for War in Ukraine Helps Putin and Hurts Anti-War Effort, Gallyamov Says
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20. Russian Airlines Carried Nearly Four Percent Fewer Passengers Domestically in 2025 than the Year Before, Mostly Because of a Shortage of Planes, Industry Association Says
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21. Exclave Issue in Armenia and Azerbaijan Seen Heating Up Again after June Vote in Armenia
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22. Collapse of Business Activity in Russia’s North Leading to Regional Budget Shortfalls Moscow May Soon Not Be Able to Cover, ‘The Barents Observer’ Says
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23. Putin’s Policies have Increasingly Left Russians Face to Face with the State and Some May React in Ways Kremlin Won’t Like, Otroshchenko Says
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24. To Reduce Deaths from AIDS, Russia’s Health Minister Seeks to Expand Testing to Identify HIV Cases Earlier
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25. Number of Russians Thinking about Emigrating has Tripled from a Year Ago, Online Searches and Passport Applications Show windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/number-of-russians-now-thinking-about.html
26. Corruption in Russia has Evolved Over Last Eight Years, Procurator General Says
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27. Politically Motivated Convictions in Russia Tripled Between 2022 and 2025 and Half Now Involve Time Behind Bars, Rights Activists Say
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28. Plan to Build Toll Roads without Free Alternatives Seen Separating Russian Far East from Rest of Country and Sparking Protests windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/plan-to-build-toll-roads-without-free.html
29. Kyiv Moves toward Coexistence with What Many Ukrainians Still Call the Moscow Church, Soldatov Says
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30. Putin is Conducting an Ethnic Russian War in Ukraine, Not a Soviet or Civic Russian One as Some Suggest, Shusharin Argues windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/putin-is-conducting-ethnic-russian-war.html
31. More than Half of Russia’s Pensioners Can’t Work Because of Their Health or Family Responsibilities, ‘To Be Precise’ Portal Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-than-half-of-russias-pensioners.html
32. Central Bank Says Russians Overwhelmingly Want to Return to Soviet-Style Economy
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33. Vod Activist on PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces Calls for Europe to Restore the Name Ingria to What Moscow Now Calls Leningrad Oblast
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34. Repeating What Happened at End of Soviet Times, Russians are Changing in Their Thinking but Not Yet in Their Behavior, Shelin Says
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35. Russians ‘Weary’ of Constant Bans on This or That Action, Senior Kremlin Aide Says
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36. Despite Putin’s Promotion of Traditional Families, Few Russians Can Say Who is Head of Family, VTsIOM Director Suggests windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/despite-putins-promotion-of-traditional.html
37. On 40th Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster, Nearly 80 Percent of Russians Prepared to Rely on Nuclear Power Stations, VTsIOM Says
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38. Best Option for North Caucasian Peoples is Restoration of Mountaineer Republic, Chechen Member of Russian Platform at PACE Says
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39. The More Russians Fear Their Own Government and Grovel Before It, The Greater Their Urge to Take It Out on Someone Less Intimidating,’ Gallyamov Says
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40. Putin Drops Support for Agglomerations in Hopes of Saving Russia Demographically
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41. Youth Crime in Moscow Jumps 152 Percent from 2024 to 2025, Russian Interior Ministry Says
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42. Doctors in Russia’s Better-Off Federal Subjects Paid Three to Four Times as Much as Those in Poorer Ones, ‘Nakanune’ Reports windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/04/doctors-in-russias-better-off-federal.html
43. Turkmenistan’s Military in Crisis
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44. Putin’s Repression has Shifted Center of Protest Activity from Better Off Strata to Poorer Groups and Kremlin Should Be Worried, Gallyamov Says
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45. Ingushetia Head Admits What Everyone Knows: Regions and Republics are Cutting Back on Programs for Their Residents to Pay for Putin’s War in Ukraine
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46. Russians Now So Pessimistic They’ve Cut Back on Purchases to Have Funds If the Situation Gets Even Worse, ‘Important Stories’ Says
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47. Gudkov Urges European Countries to Adopt Updated Nansen Passport to Protect Russians Living Abroad
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/08/even-good-russians-should-stop-being.html
48. Digitalization of Data Making Possible Return of a Planned Economy in the Best Sense, Putin Aide Says
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49. Russians Increasingly Turning to Fortune Tellers in Quest for Certainty Their Lives under Putin Lack
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50. Moscow Patriarchate Acts as If the USSR Still Existed, Creating Unnecessary Problems for Itself and the Kremlin, Religious Affairs Specialist Says
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