Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / August 23, 2026
1. By Donating to Ukraine War-Related Causes, Russians Accused of Various Crimes are Getting Off without Punishment, ‘Novaya Gazeta Europe’ Says
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2. Moscow Still Leaving Russian North with Less Food than Its Residents Need and at Prices Few of Them Can Afford windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/moscow-still-leaving-russian-north-with.html
3. ‘Gabyshev Went Looking for an Enemy but Returned with Understanding of How to Live without One,’ New Book Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/gabyshev-went-looking-for-enemy-but.html
4. Increasing Immigration into Russia from Beyond Soviet Space May Lead to Ethnic Conflicts, Shustov Says
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5. Migrant Workers Forced to Change Places of Residence Frequently and Thus Face Xenophobic Russian Attitudes More Often, ‘Russian Migration’ Survey Finds
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6. ‘Only Desert in Europe’ Spreading Across Southwestern Russia, Experts Say
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7. Putin’s Aggression Against Ukraine Arose from the Same Sources as His Destruction of Federalism at Home, Lea and Taskin Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/putins-aggression-against-ukraine-arose.html
8. Make Federalism ‘Sexy’ Again Now, Free Buryatia Activist Says
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9. Over Last Five Years, Number of Ethnic Russians in Estonia has Fallen while Number of Ethnic Ukrainians has Doubled windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/over-last-five-years-number-of-ethnic.html
10. Putin’s Call for Developing Online Work Opportunities in Rural Areas By Itself Won’t Hold People There, Three Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/putins-call-for-developing-online-work.html
11. Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Russia’s Water Supply Network Would Lead to Disaster and Moscow would be to Blame, ‘NeMoskva’ Commentator Says
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12. Pressed, Karelian Government Admits Having Signed Agreement with Notorious ‘Russian Community’ to Keep Order in the Republic windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/pressed-karelian-government-admits.html
13. In Unprecedented Move, Moscow Sents Convoy of Oil Tankers North of Severnaya Zemlya on Its Way to China
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/in-unprecedented-move-moscow-sends.html
14. Kyrgyz and Uzbek Scholars Mull Promoting Citizens of Central Asian Countries to Identify as ‘Central Asians’
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15. Artificial Intelligence Now Allowing Moscow to Increase Repression while Cutting Costs of Doing So, Russian Analyst Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/artificial-intelligence-now-allowing.html
16. Moscow’s System of Raising Manpower without Mobilization ‘Unstable,’ Ivanov Says
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17. Putin’s War in Ukraine has Brought Down a New ‘Ice Curtain’ between Chukotka and Alaska but That is Far from Impermeable, Experts Say
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18. Russia’s Pensioners have Seen Their Incomes Fall from 30 Percent to 25 Percent of Average Pay of Others over Last Five Years, Leaving Them Hardest Hit of All
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/russias-pensioners-have-seen-their.html
19. Penza Blogger Creates a Chat to Protect Residents form Officials Seeking to Force Them to Sign Military Contracts and Fight in Ukraine – and People in Other Regions are Relying On it Too
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20. Ever More in Russian Elites Want Collective Leadership instead of Personalist Dictatorship, Gallyamov Says
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/ever-more-in-russian-elites-want.html
21. Ethnic Russian Regions on Track to ‘Abolish’ More Villages This Year than Ever Before
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/ethnic-russian-regions-on-track-to.html
22. Dugin Says Russia Must Empty Moscow and Other Large Cities to Save the Country from an Upcoming Nuclear War windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/dugin-says-russia-must-empty-moscow-and.html
23. Putin Can No Longer Hide that Russians are Paying for His War in Ukraine – and that Could Trigger an Explosion, Shelin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/putin-can-no-longer-hide-that-russians.html
24. Forest Fires Now a Political Problem in Russia Because Bloggers Cover Them More Quickly than Officials Do and Set the Terms in Which They are Discussed, Commentator Says
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25. In Only Three of the 47 Numerically Small Peoples in Russia, Do a Majority Now Speak Their Native Language, ‘Vedomosti’ Reports windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/in-only-three-of-47-numerically-small.html
26. Scholars Offer Ten Perspectives about Russian Colonialism, Orlova Says
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27. Armenia’s Pursuit of Equal Treatment for All Members of Russian-Led Groupings Threatens Moscow More than Its Own Exit Would windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/armenias-pursuit-of-equal-treatment-for.html
28. A Quarter of Moscow Residents Ready to Move to St. Petersburg, Another Quarter to Russia’s South, and Only a Fifth Say They Won’t Ever Do So, New Survey Finds
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29. Silting Up of Caspian Irreversible and Littoral Steps Must Adapt to that Reality, Baku’s Senior Official for Water Use Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/silting-up-of-caspian-irreversible-and.html
30. At Least 50 Russian Women who have Gone to Fight for Putin in Ukraine have Been Killed, New ‘Vot-Kak’ Investigation Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/at-least-50-russian-women-who-have-gone.html
31. Moscow’s 1520 mm Railway Gage ‘Empire’ Long a Source of Influence Losing Ground to China Inside Russia Itself windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/moscows-1520-mm-railway-gage-empire.html
32. Moscow has Cut Poverty Rate in Russia Now from 9.1 Percent to 6.7 Percent by Statistical Sleight of Hand
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33. As Dire as Ukraine’s Demographic Problems are, They Won’t Restrict Kyiv’s Ability to Field an Army Anytime Soon, Moscow Scholar Says
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34. ‘Main Geopolitical Outcome’ of Putin’s War in Ukraine May Be More Freedom of Action for Neighboring Countries, Kazakhstan Portal Says
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35. By Repressing Russians at Home, Putin is Causing Ukrainians to Fight Harder against His Aggression, Gallyamov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/by-repressing-russians-at-home-putin-is.html
36. Moscow Now Using Many Ways to Punish Lawyers who Defend Their Clients Vigorously and Make Other Attorneys Less Willing to Do So, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says
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37. Siberia’s Metal and Energy Production Only has Importance When and Where These are Used, Verkhoturov Says
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38. Moscow Now Forced to Launch Coordinated Attacks on Ethnic Minorities Lest Those Attacked First Warn Others windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/moscow-now-forced-to-launch-coordinated.html
39. Moscow Warns Regions Any Use of Ethnic or Religious Issues in Elections is ‘Impermissible’
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40. Putin has Failed to Learn What Jaruzelski Did: Repression Can Win a Battle but It Can’t Win a War, Gallyamov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/putin-has-failed-to-learn-what.html
41. Russian Banks Require Those Applying for Home Mortgages to Have Insurance against Drone Attacks
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42. Even War in Ukraine for Putin is a Means to the End of His Not Being Succeeded by Someone who will Pursue ‘De-Putinization,’ Gallyamov Says
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43. Emigration and Silence Far From Only Options for Russians who Recognize Putin’s Russian Federation as Their ‘Main Enemy,’ Savvin Says
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44. Even Before Drone Attacks, Many Russians who had Supported Putin’s War Earlier had Turned against It, Public Sociology Laboratory Interviews Show
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45. More than Just Fears of Mobilization Driving Up New Interest in Emigration among Russians, Emigration Activists Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/more-than-just-fears-of-mobilization.html
46. Kremlin-Backed Buddhist Forum Declaration Suggests Moscow May Drop Judaism from Its List of Favored ‘Traditional Religions of Russia’
windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/kremlin-backed-buddhist-forum.html
47. Russians Not Telling Putin ‘No’ But No Longer are Saying ‘Yes,’ Gallyamov Argues
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48. Finno-Ugric Movement Becoming Trans-Atlantic
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49. Russian Elites Attitudes toward Putin have Shifted But This By Itself isn’t Yet a Threat to Kremlin Leader, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/russian-elites-attitudes-toward-putin.html
50. International Conference in Baku Denounces ‘New Wave of Persecution of Circassians’
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