Putin’s Visit to Armenia Highlights Sad Fate Awaiting Those Who Cooperate with Moscow

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-putins-visit-to.html

Kremlin’s ‘Ideal Enemy’ is ‘a Gay Central Asian,’ Moscow Sociologist Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-kremlins-ideal-enemy.html

Russia’s Northern Peoples Want Their Nationalities Listed in Passports

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-russias-northern.html

Ukraine’s Muslims Support European Choice for Kyiv -- as Do Some Muslims in Russia

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-ukraines-muslims.html

De-Russianization Accelerating Across Central Asia 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-de-russianization.html

Non-Traditional Muslims and Jihadists Overlap but Don’t Correspond in the North Caucasus, Study Finds

 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-non-traditional.html

Russia Remains a Threat to All Its Neighbors despite NATO and EU Expansion, Stromakhin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-russia-remains-threat.html

 

Tyutchev’s Ideas Help Explain Putin’s Latest Moves 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-tyutchevs-ideas-help.html

If Putin Really Wanted to Integrate Russia, He’d Build Decent Roads

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-if-putin-really.html

Domestic Division, Not External Aggression, Threatens Russia Now, Tishkov Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-domestic-division-not.html

 

Sochi Countdown – 9 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-9.html

 

Ukrainian Events Leave Russians Feeling More Isolated from Their Neighbors

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-ukrainian-events.html

Misunderstanding EU Association Agreement Could Lead to Disaster in Ukraine and Russia, Shiropayev Says  

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-misunderstanding-what.html  

The Nationality Line Returns to Russia 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-nationality-line.html

Toward a Tipping Point? ‘Already’ One Russian in Three Doesn’t Back Putin

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-toward-tipping-point.html

Kremlin’s ‘Pravoslavization’ a Simulacrum of Clericalization, Ikhlov Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-kremlins.html

GUAM May Now Have a ‘Serious Future’

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-guam-may-now-have.html

 

Russians Asking Themselves Why They Can’t Act Like Ukrainians

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-russians-asking.html

 

Few Ethnic Russians Remain in North Caucasian Administrations

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-few-ethnic-russians.html

 

Who is Trying to Destabilize Tatarstan and Why? 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-who-is-trying-to.html

 

By Dashing Their Hopes, Yanukovich has United Ukrainians, Krylov Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-by-dashing-their.html

 Media Stories on Possible Russian Disintegration Double Since 2010 -- Real Fears or Something Else?  

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-media-stories-on.html

 Minority Languages in Russia Not Dying Out, Tishkov Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-minority-languages-in.html

New Districts in Daghestan Threaten Republic’s Delicate Ethnic Balance

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-new-districts-in.html

Regions ‘Quietly Sabotaging’ Moscow’s Nationality Policy, Expert Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-regions-quietly.html

Scholars Find Five ‘Community Clusters’ around Moscow’s Ethnic Cafes

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-scholars-find-five.html

Balkar Land Seizures Threaten to Split Two North Caucasian Republics

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-balkar-land-seizures.html

Russian Nationalism Can and Must Be Democratic, Krylov Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russian-nationalism_29.html

Russia’s Penal Institutions Said Breeding Grounds for Islamist Radicalism

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russias-penal.html

Up to Four Percent of Novosibirsk Residents Said HIV Infected

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-up-to-four-percent-of.html

Sochi Countdown – 10 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-10.html

 

Moscow’s Bullying of Ukraine Undermines Putin’s Neo-Imperial Projects -- and Harms Russia as Well 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscows-bullying-of.html

Tatars – Crimean and Kazan – Back European Choice for Ukraine

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-tatars-crimean-and.html

Moscow Drafts More Dagestanis But Fewer than Makahchkala Wants It To

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscow-drafts-more.html

 

Russians Back Moscow’s Repressive Laws, Polls Show

 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russians-back-moscows.html

Separatist Talk Works for Kremlin Tactically But Not Strategically, Svyatenkov Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-separatist-talk-works.html

3.With Exit of Soviet-Trained, Russia Faces ‘Total De-Professionalization,’ Gontmakher Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-with-exit-of-soviet.html

Russia ‘Doesn’t Deserve Putin,’ Moscow Columnist Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russia-doesnt-deserve.html

Half of Moscow Residents Were Born Elsewhere and That Matters, Historian Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-half-of-moscow.html

Will Dividing Daghestan Administratively Save It or Destroy It?

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-will-dividing.html

Sochi Countdown – 11 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-11.html

 

Baku and Kyiv Seek to Have Turkey Join GUAM 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-baku-and-kyiv-seek-to.html

Russian Authoritarianism Degrading into Despotism, Pastukhov Says

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russian.html

Word ‘Russky’ Now Irreversibly Ethnicized, Scholar Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-word-russky-now.html

 

Three Small Moves with Big Consequences on Russia’s Nationality Front 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-three-small-moves.html

Russian-Language Media in Baltic Countries No Longer Pro-Russian, Moscow Official Complains 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russian-language.html

Putin’s Common History Textbook Won’t Promote Patriotism, Tsipko Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-putins-common-history.html

Russia Can Escape Crisis Only by Ending Hyper-Centralization, Zubarevich Sayswindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russia-can-escape.html

Russia’s Problems Reflect that It is Still an Empire, St. Petersburg Student Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russias-problems.html

KPRF Says Separatism Must Be Punished Because Liberals are Using It

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-kprf-says-separatism.html

 

Moscow’s Anti-Separatist Effort Linked to Plans for New Putin Constitution

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscows-anti.html

Changing the Russian Constitution Fraught with Dangers, Experts Say

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-changing-russian.html

Moscow Wins UN Support on Okhotsk Sea Claims But Lacks Resources to Push Larger Arctic One 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscow-wins-un.html

 

Rogozin’s Call for Renaming Russian Far East Won’t Make It Any Closer

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/indow-on-eurasia-rogozins-call-for.html

‘If Russia Disappeared Tomorrow,’ Belarusians Say They Wouldn’t Feel a Loss

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-if-russia-disappeared.html

 

Kremlin Fights Separatism to Suppress Freedoms Russians Still Have, Podrabinek Says

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In Russia Today, Torture has Become ‘Routine,’ Rights Groups Say

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-in-russia-today.html

 

Putin Said Making Russian Courts Irrelevant

 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-putin-said-making.html

Buddhists Push for Buryatization of Buryatia and Closer Ties with Mongolia

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-buddhists-push-for.html

Trash Heaps Increasingly Undermine Health of North Caucasians

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-trash-heaps.html

Sochi Countdown – 12 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-12.html

 

Will Russians React to Kremlin’s Unprecedented Prediction of Stagnation Ahead? 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-will-russians-react.html

Separatism Both Natural and Inevitable, Kazan Editor Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-separatism-both.html

Aral Sea Can’t Be Saved but It Could Become a Forest, Experts Say

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-aral-sea-cant-be.html

Prohibiting Calls for Separatism Seen Promoting Disintegration of the Russian Federation

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-prohibiting-calls-for.html

Toward a Putin Constitution? 

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-toward-putin.html

A Spanish Solution for Russia? 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-spanish-solution-for.html

 

MVD Says Russian Forces have Killed 3500 Militants in North Caucasus over the Last Decade windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-mvd-says-russian.html

Young Russians in Northwest Overwhelmingly Say They’re Europeans and Don’t Want to be Part of Putin’s Eurasian Union 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-young-russians-in.html

Kremlin Adopts New Moves to Control, Subvert Opposition

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-kremlin-adopts-new.html

Populations of Former Soviet Republics Have Fallen or Increased Less than Projected in 1990

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-populations-of-former.html

Cossacks in Russia Can Now Register as Separate Nationalitywindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-cossacks-in-russia.html

Siberians Seek to Reclaim Their Own ‘Day’ 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-siberians-seek-to.html

Moscow Must Reject National Rights or Face Separatism from Russians and Non-Russians Alike, Dugin Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscow-must-reject.html

 

Moscow Winning Support among World’s Micro-States 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-moscow-winning.html

Russian Nation Said to Have Lost Its Ability to Assimilate Others

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russian-nation-said.html

Putin Moves to Re-Establish Nationalities Ministry He Abolished in 2001windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-putin-moves-to-re.html

Saying Russian Courts are Rigged, Jewish Defendant Fires His Lawyers 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-saying-russian-courts.html

Sochi Countdown – 13 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-13.html

‘Tribal Consciousness Turning Russians into a Small People,’ Moscow Commentator Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-tribal-consciousness.html

Another Three Disturbing Developments in Russia 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-another-three.html

North Korea’s ‘Enemies List’ a Model for Putin’s Russia, SPB Professor Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-north-koreas-enemies.html

Non-Russians – and Some Russians Too – See ‘Third Rome Becoming the Fourth Reich’

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-non-russians-and-some.html

Russia Still Held Back by ‘Pseudo-Constitutionalism,’ Ufa Legal Scholar Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-russia-still-held.html

Syrian Crisis Undermines Moscow’s Control of the North Caucasus

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-syrian-crisis.html

In Russia, ‘Death has Become a Way of Life’  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-in-russia-death-has.html

Sakha Residents Face Soviet-Style Deficits in Goods and Services

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sakha-residents-face.html

Does Russia Need a Protestant Reformation? 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-does-russia-need.html

Window on Eurasia: Sochi Countdown – 14 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-14.html

Putin and Kirill 'Bid Farewell’ to Democracy in Russia, Lunkin Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-putin-and-kirill-bid.html

Gontmakher Calls for New Treaties between Moscow and Federal Subjects

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-gontmakher-calls-for.html

Sochi Countdown – 14 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/11/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-14.html

Russia Divided by Two Very Different ‘Unifying’ Ideas, Shiropayev Sayswindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russia-divided-by-two.html

Where Beria’s Limo Still Runs But Isn’t Seen – Moscow at Halloween

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-where-berias-limo.html

The Most Important Question in Russia Today – What’s Your Nationality?

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-most-important.html

The Other Russia

 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-other-russia.html

Tatar Nationalism in Kazan Increasingly Regional and Pan-Turkic, Bashkir Writer Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-tatar-nationalism-in.html

Unlike in Beilis Case in 1913, Russian Officials Now Ready to Go Along with Kremlin Inventions, Nosik Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-unlike-in-beilis-case.html

Sochi Policeman Tells Jewish Visitor to ‘Pray in the Toilet’

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-sochi-policeman-tells.html

Activists in Ethnic Russian Region Call for Suspending Military Draft

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-activists-in-ethnic.html

Moscow Counting on Karachay ‘Wedge’ to Keep Circassia from Unitingwindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-moscow-counting-on.html

Ethnic Russians Said to Form Fewer than Half of Country’s Wealthiestwindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-ethnic-russians-said.html

Sochi Countdown – 15 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-15.html

Kremlin’s Use of ‘Internal Enemies’ Hurting Moscow’s Ties with Neighbors, ‘Vedomosti’ Warns 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-kremlins-use-of.html

North Caucasians have Higher Aspirations than Central Asians and thus Provoke Xenophobia in Muscovites, Drobizheva Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-north-caucasians-have.html

Post-Soviet States Differ Enormously on Integration with Russia, Poll Finds

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-post-soviet-states.html

Putin Says Government Banning of Islamic Works ‘Counterproductive’

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-putin-says-government.html

Russians Remain Culturally Soviet and That is the Source of Their Problems, Academician Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russians-remain.html

Three Problematic New Russian Legal Innovations 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-three-problematic-new.html

Russians Can Escape Chechen Yoke Only by Dispensing with the North Caucasus and Putin

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russians-can-escape.html

Could the Provincial Middle Class Lead the Next Russian Revolution?

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-could-provincial.html

 

Russia’s ‘Road to Nowhere’: Highway Spending Cut Because Corruption Out of Control

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russias-road-to.html

Russian Population's Age Structure Means Births Will Decline and Deaths Rise, Moscow Demographer Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russian-populations.html

 

Sochi Countdown – 16 Weeks to the Olympiad in the North Caucasus  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-sochi-countdown-16.html

 

Russia Again Caught Between Disintegration and Dictatorship, Editor Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russia-again-caught.html

Has Moscow Become a Nation of Its Own?  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-has-moscow-become.html

Moscow Experiencing Its Own ‘Second Generation Immigrant Problem’

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-moscow-experiencing.html

Toward a Third Reich in the Third Rome? 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-toward-third-reich-in.html

Three Disturbing New Russian Legal Initiatives 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-three-disturbing-new.html

Russian Left Divided over LGBT Rights

 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russian-left-divided.html

 

Russian Political Debate has Shifted from Liberals vs. Derzhavniki to Left vs. Right Nationalists, Pain Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russian-political.html

Three Uniquely Russian Developments 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-three-uniquely.html

Tatars Mark Anniversary of Fall of Kazan in 1552 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-tatars-mark.html

 

Biryulevo Violence Only Latest Pogrom in Putin’s Moscow

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-biryulevo-violence.html

Russian Police Tell LGBT Activists They’ll Be Beaten So They ‘Can’t Stand Up Before Sochi Games’ 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-russian-police-tell.html

 

Putin’s Drive to Create ‘Neo-USSR’ Recreating All Soviet Problems -- Including Prospect of Collapse, Akhmedov Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-putins-drive-to.html

Chuvash Case Highlights Moscow’s Fears about Support for Idel-Ural State

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-chuvash-case.html

‘Autocracy, Orthodoxy, and Profitability’ – A New Russian Trinity But Not for Long, Scholar Says 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-autocracy-orthodoxy.html

For Putin Regime, A Traditional Muslim is a Soviet Muslim

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-for-putin-regime.html

Where ‘No One Thinks of Greenland’ Really Happened 

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-where-no-one-thinks.html

Putin’s Russia a Descendent of Mongol Khans, Khakass Historian Argues

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-putins-russia.html

Is Russia about to Return to Gigantist Development Projects of the Past?

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-is-russia-about-to.html

Ethnic Enclaves Forming in Russia’s Smaller Cities Faster than in Capitals

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/10/window-on-eurasia-ethnic-enclaves.html

58 Percent of Russians Now Say Kremlin Using Repression

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/07/window-on-eurasia-58-percent-of.html

Tatarstan is the Lithuania of the Russian Federation, Kazan Editor Says

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/07/window-on-eurasia-tatarstan-is.html

Rising Ethnic Tensions in Afghanistan Exacerbating Dushanbe-Tashkent Relations, Russian Expert Says  

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/07/window-on-eurasia-rising-ethnic.html