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Window on Eurasia: Putin Regime Transforming Apolitical Activists into Its Opponents, Moscow Commentator Says

posted by eagle on May, 2013 as ANALYSIS / OPINION

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Window on Eurasia: Putin Regime Transforming Apolitical Activists into Its Opponents, Moscow Commentator Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, May 1 – Russians who seek to some immediate problem "as an alternative to full-blown opposition activity” are increasingly being forced into politics by the Russian government itself because of the regime’s ever harsher response to any independent social activity, according to a Moscow commentator.

In an essay on the "Osobaya bukhva” portal this week, Mariya Ponomaryeva says that the widely accepted "theory of small things is only a theory” in today’s Russia because "in fact, any social work in Russia inevitably leads to politics however much those involved say otherwise” (specletter.com/obcshestvo/2013-04-29/teorija-malyh-del-apolitichna-tolko-v-teorii.html).

"Social and charitable organizations in the West rarely get involved in political activity,” she writes, and many Russians have assumed that they can do the same. "’I do not want to get involved in politics,’” such people say; "’but I want to help people.’” But unfortunately, the Russian authorities won’t let them stay out of politics if they ...

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Window on Eurasia: Tajik Embassy in Moscow Sets Up Unit to Help Tajiks Suffering from Russian Intolerance

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Window on Eurasia: Tajik Embassy in Moscow Sets Up Unit to Help Tajiks Suffering from Russian Intolerance

Paul Goble

Staunton, May 2 – Infuriated by what the Tajik government sees as increasing Russian mistreatment of Tajik gastarbeiters in major Russian cities, the embassy of Tajikistan in Moscow has set up a special staff to provide assistant both to new arrivals at airports and railroad stations and to those who have encountered difficulties with life in the Russian Federation.

In a post on his embassy’s website, Tajikistan Ambassaador Abdulmadzhad Dostiyev said that his government was taking this step now "when to [their] great regret, not only ‘the yellow press,’ but also certain government TV channels” are presenting a negative image of Tajik gastarbeiters (tajembassy.ru/novosti/v-posolstve-tadzhikistana-v-rossii-sozdan-shtab-po-okazaniiu-pomoschi-nashim-sootechestvennikam.html).

That negative image in turn, the diplomat suggested, appears to be officially inspired and is promoting "hostility and intolerance” among Russian officials and ordinary officials toward the Tajiks. The main task of the new staff will be to help those arriving or leaving ...

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Window on Eurasia: Losing Siberia Would Hurt Russia Far More than Losing the Union Republics Did, Inozemtsev Says

posted by eagle on April, 2013 as ANALYSIS / OPINION

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Window on Eurasia: Losing Siberia Would Hurt Russia Far More than Losing the Union Republics Did, Inozemtsev Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, April 24 – Russians are making the mistake of focusing on the loss of dependent countries like those of Central Asia rather than on the possible loss of real colonies like Siberia, even though the loss of the latter threatens Russian national interests far more than has the departure of the former, according to an article by Vladislav Inozemtsev.

And to avoid that outcome, he argues, Moscow should consider a new deal with the Siberians, giving them a greater share of the earnings from the natural wealth on their territory and a greater voice in Russia’s foreign policy especially with regard to China and other adjoining countries of Asia.

In an article in "Moskovsky komsomolets” provocatively titled "It’s Time for Russia to Separate from the former USSR,” the Moscow commentator argues that Russians need to distinguish between those of its possessions which were and are ...

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Window on Eurasia: Ethnically-Based Force Structures Make Clashes between Republics More Likely

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Window on Eurasia: Ethnically-Based Force Structures Make Clashes between Republics More Likely

Paul Goble

Staunton, April 22 – The clash between Chechnya and Ingushetia over the border between the two became possible and is more serious because the authorities in each, with Moscow’s approval, have formed units in their force structures that consist largely or entirely of people from the titular nationality.

And because that policy, designed to help republics integrate young people and to combat terrorism, has spread to other republics in the North Caucasus, there is a danger that what has been happening between Chechnya and Ingushetia could be a harbinger of a dangerous trend across that region.

In today’s "Nezavisimaya gazeta,” journalist Vladimir Mukhin points out that last Thursday, "the territorial disputes between Ingushetia and Chechnya broke out with new force” when 300 Chechen policemen entered the Ingush settlement of Arshty where they encountered and fought with their Ingush counterparts (ng.ru/regions/2013-04-22/2_pretenzii.html).

According to Ingush officials, six Ingush policemen were wounded with two of them ...

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Window on Eurasia: Kremlin Policies Driving Some Young Russians Underground, Moscow Commentators Say

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Window on Eurasia: Kremlin Policies Driving Some Young Russians Underground, Moscow Commentators Say

Paul Goble

Staunton, April 22 – "As many as 90 percent” of Russian young people do not see a place for themselves among the officially registered political parties, and consequently, some experts say, the conviction is growing among a portion of the country’s youth that only by going underground can they hope to influence Russian politics.

That sense of alienation from the existing parties, the Kryshtanovskaya report says, reflects the fact that many of the registered parties are flying under false flags: "The Liberal Democratic Party is neither liberal nor democratic.” And equally false are the claims of United Russia to be a conservative party and the liberal democratic parties to be anti-left.

In an article posted on the "Svobodnaya pressa” portal today, Aleksey Verkhoyantsev provides the answers two leading Moscow commentators have provided to the question: "Why does a large segment of Russian youth view the political system of the country as ...

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