Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / June 30, 2026
1. Only by Maintaining Schools in Rural Areas Can Russia Hope to Avoid Depopulation of Much of the Country, Shelishch Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/only-by-maintaining-schools-in-rural.html
2. Putin Signs Measure Eliminating Mandatory Historical-Cultural Review of Restoration Projects, Opening the Door to the Destruction of Many
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/putin-signs-measure-eliminating.html
3. Moscow Organizes Summer School in Svalbard to Expand Russian Influence There
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4. Ecumenical Patriarch ‘Completes Process’ of Restoring Orthodox Church in Lithuania to Constantinople’s Jurisdiction, Furman Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/ecumenical-patriarch-completes-process.html
5. United Russia Deputies Block Karelian Parliament from Discussing Problems of Karelian Village whose Water Supply has Been Cut Off for Almost a Month
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/united-russia-deputies-block-karelian.html
6. RSFSR Sovereignty Declaration Response to Moves by Baltic Republics, Moldova and Georgia, Baburin Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/1990-rsfsr-sovereignty-declaration.html
7. Kazan Institute of History Set Up in 1996 to Help Tatars Recover Their Identity has ‘Moved Away from Concept of the National Liberation Struggle,’ Salikhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kazan-institute-of-history-set-up-in.html
8. ‘Main Result’ of Moscow’s Nationality Policy has Been that Russia Remains Stable, FADN Report to Duma Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/main-result-of-moscows-nationality.html
9. Moscow’s Efforts to Promoting Civic Identity in North Caucasus May Be Opening the Way for the Rise Not Only for More Islamic Identity but Also Even Islamist Extremism
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscows-efforts-to-promoting-civic.html
10. Kremlin Now Fighting Divorce in Russia, ‘a Problem that Doesn’t Exist,’ To Be Precise Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kremlin-now-fighting-divorce-in-russia.html
11. Kamchatka Meeting on Demography in Russian Far East Highlights Two Changes in Moscow’s Approach
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kamchatka-meeting-on-demography-in.html
12. Central Asian Populations Continue to Look to Russia Because of Transfer Payments but Governments and Business Increasingly Look to China because of Beijing’s Investments
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/central-asian-populations-continue-to.html
13. In a Continuing Act of Genocide, Russia has Been Attacking Ukrainian Cultural Sites since 2014
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/in-continuing-act-of-genocide-russia.html
14. Moscow Hopeful UN will Soon Approve Its Claims to Enormous Segment of Arctic Shelf
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscow-hopeful-un-will-soon-approve-its.html
15. 90 Percent of Russians Say They’d Back Law against Domestic Violence Something Putin Did Away with in Name of Traditional Values
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/90-percent-of-russians-say-theyd-back.html
16. Veterans Groups Becoming Shock Troops for Putin’s Whitewashing of Stalin’s Crimes windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/veterans-groups-becoming-shock-troops.html
17. Putin Regime Now Views Those It Persecutes ‘Not as Ordinary Criminals but as Enemies of the State’ and Punishes Them Accordingly, Memorial Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/putin-regime-now-views-those-it.html
18. Many Countries Became Stronger after Defeats and Weaker after Victories and Russian has and Can Again Do So, Russian Blogger Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/many-countries-became-stronger-after.html
19. Putin’s ‘Turn to the East’ has Not Overcome the Divide between the More Prosperous Western Portion of Russia and the More Depressed Eastern One, Academy of Sciences Study Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/putins-turn-to-east-has-not-overcome.html
20. More than 40 Circassian Organizations in Turkey Weigh In Against Plans to Strip KBR Constitution of Provisions on Defense of that Republic’s Borders
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/more-than-40-circassian-organizations.html
21. Russia May Never See Another Upward Wave of Demographic Growth, Academy of Sciences Scholar Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/russia-may-never-see-another-upward.html
22. Kadyrov Treats Russians Far More Tolerantly than He Does Chechens, Pleasing Moscow but Alienating His Own People, ‘NeMoskva’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kadyrov-treats-russians-far-more.html
23. Moscow’s Violation of Rights of Indigenous Peoples ‘Systemic in Nature,’ New ‘Arctida’ Study Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscows-violation-of-rights-of.html
24. Russian Economy ‘Doesn’t Need Universal Higher Education,’ Minister who Oversees Universities and Science Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/russian-economy-doesnt-need-universal.html
25. Ukraine’s Drone Attacks on Moscow Won’t have the Immediate Impact Many Expect, Pastukhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/ukraines-drone-attacks-on-moscow-wont.html
26. Andrey Danilov, ‘the Saami Navalny,’ Says Separatism is ‘Nonsense’ for His Nation but that It will Survive
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/andrey-danilov-saami-navalny-says.html
27. Russia Media Losing Audiences as People are Tired of Bad News and as Aggregator Algorithms Expand, Commentator Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/russia-media-losing-audiences-as-people.html
28. Infertility Increasing and Affecting Ever Younger Russians, Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/infertility-increasing-and-affecting.html
29. Kremlin will Use Indebtedness of Russia’s Federal Subjects to Impose Even Tighter Central Control, Economist Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kremlin-will-use-indebtedness-of.html
30. Popularity of Conspiracy Theories about Demise of USSR Intended to Distract Attention from Real Causes, Tsipko Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/popularity-of-conspiracy-theories-about.html
31. Northern Sea Route Development Experiencing Delays and Cost Overruns Because of Shortages of Skilled Workers and Attempts to Attract Them with High Salaries
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/northern-sea-route-development.html
32. Moscow’s Compatriots Program Unintentionally Leading to Formation and Growth of Ethnic Enclaves in Russian Federation
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscows-compatriots-program.html
33. Baku Lining Karabakh Canal and Other Waterways with Concrete to Reduce Water Losses
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/baku-to-line-karabakh-canal-and-other.html
34. New Putin-Backed Measure Makes It Easier to Add or More Likely Remove Nations from List of Indigenous Peoples
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-putin-backed-measure-makes-it.html
35. Putin’s ‘Special Military Operation’ has ‘Saved Russia’ from NATO Attack, Matviyenko Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/putins-special-military-operation.html
36. Moscow Orders ‘Destructive Literature’ Be Kept in Special Library Collections Most Russians Won’t be Allowed to See
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscow-orders-destructive-literature-be.html
37. ‘Shariat Patrol’ Controlled Dagestani Village ‘for More than a Decade,’ Investigators Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/shariat-patrol-controlled-dagestani.html
38. Online Sales of Books Especially Important for Non-Russian Peoples in Russia
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/online-sales-of-books-especially.html
39. If Current Trends Continues, the Tatar Language will Disappear in 45 Years and the Survival of the Tatar Nation will be at Risk, Lobova Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/if-current-trends-continues-tatar.html
40. For First Time, UN Body Puts Russian Forces in Ukraine on Its List of Worst Perpetrators of Sexualized Violence
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/for-first-time-un-body-puts-russian.html
41. United Russia Routinely Blocks Public Efforts to Protect the Environment, New Report Shows
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/united-russia-routinely-blocks-public.html
42. Russian Couples who “Live Together Outside of Marriage Threaten Country’s National Security,’ Deputy Justice Minister Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/russian-couples-who-live-together.html
43. Even Though Moscow has Not Yet Annexed South Ossetia, Some are Now Asking Whether It will Absorb Abkhazia Next
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/even-though-moscow-has-not-yet-annexed.html
44. Kremlin Approves Building Fifth Mosque in Moscow, Simultaneously Giving Boost to Mufti Krganov and Promoting Quiescence and Religious Syncretism
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/kremlin-approves-building-fifth-mosque.html
45. Censorship Restrictions ‘Far from Only or Most Important’ Reason for Decline in Russian Publishing Industry, Experts Say
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/censorship-restrictions-far-from-only.html
46. Moscow Offers West’s Extreme Right Validation Because It No Longer has Much Else to Offer Anyone Else, Memorial Researcher Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/moscow-offers-wests-extreme-right.html
47. Calls for ‘a CIS without Russia’ Doomed to Failure, Mendkovich Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/calls-for-cis-without-russia-doomed-to.html
48. Bastrykhin Wants to Amend Russian Constitution to Allow for a State Ideology like China’s
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/bastrykhin-wants-to-amend-russian.html
49. Neo-Stalinism and Political Islam Increasingly in Symbiotic Relationship in Russia, Advocate of Secularism and Humanism Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/neo-stalinism-and-political-islam.html
50. China Now Dredging Kazakhstan’s Caspian Ports as It is Already Doing Russia’s
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/china-now-dredging-kazakhstans-caspian.html

