Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / July 12, 2026
1. For Fourth Time Since 2022, Putin Boosts Size of Federal Protective Service after Leaving It Unchanged the Previous 13 Years windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/for-fourth-time-since-2022-putin-boosts.html
2. Moscow Sending in More Troops into Circassian Regions of North Caucasus to Forcibly Recruit Men to Fight in Ukraine, Activists Say
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3. 40 Percent of Almaty Suffering Water Shortages During Periods of Peak Use, Kazakhstan Officials Acknowledge
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4. Gas Crisis has Prompted Heads of Three Russian Regions to Declare a State of High Alert, a Step Allowing the Postponing of Elections
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/gas-crisis-has-prompted-heads-of-three.html
5. Putin’s Plan to Make Veterans New Russian Elite Not the Social Escalator He’s Implied, ‘Meduza’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/06/putins-plan-to-make-veterans-new.html
6. Human Use, Not Climate Change Behind Falling Water Levels in Amu-Darya River System, New Research Shows
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/human-use-not-climate-change-behind.html
7. For Putin, Elections Remain Important as Means of ‘Testing the Waters’ as Far as What the Elites and Population Now Think, Chernozub Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/for-putin-elections-remain-important-as.html
8. Riga Says Probability of Russian Attack on Baltic States ‘Very Low’
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9. Drones Also Dropping Delayed Action Mines, Further Complicating De-Mining Operations
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/drones-also-dropping-delayed-action.html
10. Anti-Western and Pro-War Attitudes ‘Much More Pronounced’ in Moscow than Beyond the Ring Road, Gudkov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/anti-western-and-pro-war-attitudes-much.html
11. Ivanov’s Death Highlights that the Putin Generation is Dying Off Much as the Brezhnev One Did a Half Century Ago, Russian Bloggers Point Out
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/ivanovs-death-highlights-that-putin.html
12. Even Before Putin’s War in Ukraine, Young Men in Russia were Dying Far More Often than in Any Other Former Soviet Republic windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/even-before-putins-war-in-ukraine-young.html
13. Uzbekistan’s Population has Nearly Doubled Since 1989, First Post-Soviet Census There Shows
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/uzbekistans-population-has-nearly.html
14. Tokayev Disbands Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan
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15. Lukashenka’s Repression Extends Far Beyond Political Groups and Means Victims of Domestic Abuse No Longer Getting Help They Need
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/lukashenkas-repression-extends-far.html
16. Despite Moscow’s Spending, Freight Traffic on Russia’s Rivers and Even the Length of Navigable Sections of These Waterways have Fallen Dramatically since 2022, Accounting Chamber Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/despite-moscows-spending-freight.html
17. To Deal with Gas Crisis, Moscow Approves Production and Sale of Dirtier Gasoline, a Move that will Harm Machinery, the Environment and Public Health
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/to-deal-with-gas-crisis-moscow-approves.html
18. Russian Entrepreneurs and Activists Work to Ensure Books Banned by Moscow Reach Readers
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russian-entrepreneurs-and-activists.html
19. Central Asian Countries Must Focus on Modernizing Infrastructure to Address Growing Water Crisis, Kazakh Expert Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/central-asian-countries-must-focus-on.html
20. Militarization of Russia’s Northwest May Make It a Flashpoint for Crime and Violence when Veterans of Putin’s War Return Home, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/militarization-of-russias-northwest-may.html
21. Putin Puts Security Council Instead of Culture Ministry in Charge of Peoples of Russia Festival
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/putin-puts-security-council-instead-of.html
22. By Shifting Responsibilities to Regions, Moscow Undermining Putin Vertical, Dukenbayev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/by-shifting-responsibilities-to-regions.html
23. North Caucasus Republics Divide on Abortion, with One Showing Decline and Three Increases in 2025
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/north-caucasus-republics-divide-on.html
24. Fuel Shortage First Soviet-Style Deficit in Post-Soviet Russia, ‘Agents’ Portal Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/fuel-shortage-first-soviet-style.html
25. Putin Spokesman’s Statement that the Special Military Operation in Ukraine is Now a War Indicates Ukrainian President Now a Target, Russian Expert Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/putin-spokesmans-statement-that-special.html
26. Suggestion that Russianization a Lesser Threat to Kazakh than Arabization Provokes Sjharp Discussion on Language and Identity in Kazakhstan
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/suggestion-that-russianization-lesser.html
27. Decline in Approval Rating of Putin Reflects Problems that Must Be Addressed but Does Not Mean His Rule is Unstable Let Alone Under Threat, Yezhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/decline-in-approval-rating-of-putin.html
28. Businesses and Intellectuals Promoting Re-Germanization of Kaliningrad, Dmitriyev Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/businesses-and-intellectuals-promoting.html
29. Residents of Overwhelmingly Ethnic Russian Nenets AD Drink 17 Times More Alcohol Per Capita than Do Residents of Muslim Republics of North Caucasus, ‘To Be Precise’ Portal Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/residents-of-overwhelmingly-ethnic.html
30. Russian Defense Ministry Preparing Law to Limit Ability of Wounded or Infected Soldiers to Separate from Service
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russian-defense-ministry-preparing-law.html
31. ‘Only Fragments’ Remain of Soviet Network of Light Aviation which Linked Thousands of Russia’s Settlements Together, Officials Acknowledge
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/only-fragments-remain-of-soviet-network.html
32. International Conference in Azerbaijan Calls on Moscow to Recognize ‘Genocide of Circassians and Other Peoples’ and Stop Forcing Non-Russians to Fight Its War in Ukraine
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/international-conference-in-azerbaijan.html
33. No Senior Russian Official Should be Allowed to Hold Any Office for More than Eight Years, Yaroshenko Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/no-senior-russian-official-should-be.html
34. Russian Draftees to Fill Ranks of Fire Fighters Depleted by Low Salaries and Putin’s War in Ukraine
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russian-draftees-to-fill-ranks-of-fire.html
35. Tallinn has Given Russian Church in Estonia Six Months to Appoint a New Metropolitan and Sever All Ties with Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/tallinn-has-given-russian-church-in.html
36. Moscow Payments to Women who Have a Child Don’t Compensate for Income They Lose by Doing So, New HSE Study Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/moscow-payments-to-women-who-have-child.html
37. Per Capita, Russians in Far East Fall Victim to Politically Motivated Criminal Cases Far More Often than Those in Other Federal Districts, ‘Memorial’ Says
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/per-capita-russians-in-far-east-fall.html
38. Duma Approves Measure Taking Regulation of Migrant Workers Away from Labor Ministry and Giving It to Interior Ministry windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/duma-approves-measure-taking-regulation.html
39. Dual-Language Ballots Automatic for Themselves and Others
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/karelian-activists-seek-to-make-dual.html
40. Declining Water Levels in Caspian ‘Irreversible’ and Littoral States Must Adapt, Azerbaijani Official Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/declining-water-levels-in-caspian.html
41. Permafrost Melting Seen Increasing Radioactive Contamination of Ob and Irtysh Rivers
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/permafrost-melting-seen-increasing.html
42. Marxism Triumphed First in Russia Because Its Core Value, the Denial of Freedom, was ‘Characteristic of Russian National Consciousness,’ Tsipko Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/marxism-triumphed-first-in-russia.html
43. Russian Foreign Ministry Denies Moscow Planning to Re-Introduce Soviet-Style Exit Permits
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russian-foreign-ministry-denies-moscow.html
44. Moscow’s Plans to Boost Russian Presence on Svalbard Compromised by Lack of Ships Qualified to Sail there, Artikugol Director Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/moscows-plans-to-boost-russian-presence.html
45. New Ukrainian Study Says Eight out of Ten Russian Regions Capable of Rapidly Becoming Independent Countries Once Moscow Collapses
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-ukrainian-study-says-eight-out-of.html
46. Russia No Longer on Demographic Roller Coaster But on What is Now a Permanent Decline, Krupnov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russia-no-longer-on-demographic-roller.html
47. Ukrainian Drone Attacks Prompt Kremlin to Ram Through Law Loosening Controls on Weapons and Night Vision Devices windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/ukrainian-drone-attacks-prompt-kremlin.html
48. Melnichenko’s Message No Different than the One Putin has Been Delivering for Some Time, Parkhomenko Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/melnichenkos-message-no-different-than.html
49. September Duma Elections Won’t Be Much Different than Those in 2021, Kynyev Says
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50. Putin Right to Call for the Russian People to Endure Ukrainian Drone Attacks but Dangerously Wrong to Act as if Elites Don’t Have To, Pastukhov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/putin-right-to-call-for-russian-people.html
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