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Paul Goble

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Paul Goble is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia who currently prepares the Windows on Eurasia blog.

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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 13h
Russia’s Birthrate will Continue to Fall Unless State Planners Return to Soviet Arrangement where Apartment Blocks were Surrounded by Common Yards, Experts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/russias-birthrate-will-continue-to-fall.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 13h
More than Half of Internet Cables in Russia Aging and Must Be Replaced, ‘Izvestiya’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/more-than-half-of-internet-cables-in.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 13h
If Russians Really Supported Repression, Kremlin Wouldn’t Be Restricting Release of Data about Such Policies, Gallyamov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/if-russians-really-supported-repression.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
De-Colonization Broader and More Important than Other Terms Used to Discuss Russia’s Future, Orlova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/de-colonization-broader-and-more.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia’s Parliamentary Parties Attract Different People Not So Much by Different Programs as by Different Emotional Appeals, INSOMAR Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/russias-parliamentary-parties-attract.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another Revenant from Soviet Past – Private Plots Provide Half the Potatoes Russian Eat windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/another-revenant-from-soviet-past.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Having Closed Thousands of Rural Libraries before 2022, Putin is Now Purging the Shelves of Those Still Operating, ‘Veter’ Journalist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/having-closed-thousands-of-rural.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Academician Says Almost All Peoples in Russian Federation are ‘Indigenous,’ Raising Questions about Special Legal Status of ‘Indigenous Numerically Small Peoples’ windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/academician-says-almost-all-peoples-in.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Except at Official Functions, Russian Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine Never Refer to Themselves as ‘Liberators,’ Russian Philologist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/except-at-official-functions-russian.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Times Immemorial, Russian Leaders and Their Populations have Been Bored When They aren’t Fighting a War, New Moscow Comic Book Suggests windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/from-times-immemorial-russian-leaders.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pro-War Russian Writers Say Moscow Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight the War in Ukraine or Support Their Own Efforts to Generate Support for It windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/pro-war-russian-writers-say-moscow-isnt.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
60 Percent of Infrastructure on Russia’s Arctic Coast Threatened by Melting Permafrost and Warming Sea, EU’s Copernicus Monitoring Service Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/60-p...
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kremlin Comes Up with Another Way to Hide Its Shortcomings: It will Cut Off Funds to Those Making Films Showing Corrupt Siloviki windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/kremlin-comes-up-with-another-way-to.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Russian Invasion of Baltic Countries ‘Now a Likely Scenario,’ Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-russian-invasion-of-baltic-countries.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Many Russians Untroubled by Abuse of Prisoners Because They Believe ‘Criminals Must Suffer,’ Titayev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/many-russians-untroubled-by-abuse-of.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Segments of Russian Society Turning to Drugs Not to Escape Reality but to Cope with It, Moscow Institute of Sociology Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-segments-of-russian-society-turning.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kremlin Fighting Statistical War Against Its Own Country and the West and All Too Often Winning There, Voronenko Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/kremlin-fighting-statistical-war.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Russians and Europeans Must Recognize and Openly Declare that Putin’s Russia is a Fascist State, Skobov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/russians-and-europeans-must-recognize.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Enormous Gap in GDP Per Capita among Russian Regions has Increased Even More since 1991, ‘Club of the Regions’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/10/enormous-gap-in-gdp-per-capita-among.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Water in Russia’s Major Rivers ‘Polluted’ and ‘Dirty,’ Government Report Says hwindowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/water-in-russias-major-rivers-polluted.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Putin’s Invasion has Strengthened Ukrainian Identity including among Russian Speakers in Eastern Portions of Ukraine, Skorkin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/putins-invasion-has-strengthened.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tehran May Allow Construction of Russian-Guage Railway across Iran windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/tehran-may-allow-construction-of.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Udmurts Offer Third Way Between Two Self-Defeating Radicalisms, Shtepa Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/udmurts-offer-third-way-between-two.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Along with His War against Ukraine, Putin has Conducted ‘Special Demographic Operation’ against Russian Women, Russia’s Feminist Anti-War Resistance Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/along-with-his-war-against-ukraine.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia is ‘a Capital City-Centric State’ but ‘Ukraine is More than Kyiv,’ Portnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/russia-is-capital-city-centric-state.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Moscow’s Increasing Dependence on China for Military Electronics Why Uzbekistan is Buying Chinese Weapons rather than Russian Ones, ‘Important Theme’ Portal Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/moscows-increasing-dependence-on-china.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love for Russian People can ‘Split the Empire, But without the Russian People, the Empire ‘Can’t be Built,’ Malofeyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/love-for-russian-people-can-split.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kynyev Case Shows Moscow Actively Working to ‘Depoliticize Repression,’ Gallyamov and Romanova Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/kynyev-case-shows-moscow-actively.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Moscow Seeks to Have It Both Ways by Posting a Threat to Lithuania and Then Deleting It windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/moscow-seeks-to-have-it-both-ways-by.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Calling Russian Actions in Europe a ‘Hybrid’ War Understates How Dangerous They Are, Latvian President Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/calling-russian-actions-in-europe.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More than 3,000 Russians have Succeeded in Being Allowed to Perform Alternative Service So Far This Year Alone, ‘Vyorstka’ Finds windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/more-than-3000-russians-have-succeeded.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
First Demonstration against Duma Vote Falsification Takes Place in Restive Komi Republic windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/first-demonstration-against-duma-vote.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kremlin Forming Superficial Analogue to USSR's New Soviet People in Form of ‘a People for Whom the Motherland is the Special Military Operation and Putin, Kolesnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/kremlin-forming-superficial-analogue-to.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vilnius Reports Increase in Hate Crimes against Muslims and Fears that This will Spark Radicalization of Islamic Community There windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/vilnius-reports-increase-in-hate-crimes.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Moscow Moves to Geld Jury Trials Effectively Abolishing This Right windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/moscow-moves-to-geld-jury-trials.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Duma Election Presents Updated Version of ‘Missing One Percent’ of Soviet Votes windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/duma-election-presents-updated-version.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Study of Impact of Real Unemployment on Crime Highlights How Moscow Undercounts Number of People Officially Unemployed windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/study-of-impact-of-real-unemployment-on.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Putin’s Harsh Rule has Reduced Russian Support for ‘Strong Leader’ from 72 Percent to 28 Percent, Polls Show windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/putins-harsh-rule-has-reduced-russian.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Number of Women Behind Bars as Result of Political Charges in Russia has Risen from 53 in 2022 to More than 200 Now, Verzhevatova and Graf Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/number-of-women-behind-bars-as-result.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Veterans from Regions which have Provided the Most Soldiers for Putin’s War have Least Access to Treatment for PTSD, Veterans, Their Families and Psychologists Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/veterans-from-regions-which-have.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Decolonization in the Case of Russia Isn’t the Same Thing as Disintegration, Orlova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/decolonization-in-case-of-russia-isnt.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More than 500 Million Cubic Meters of Radioactive Waste in Dumps around Russia, Almost All of It Poorly Contained and Now Threatening People Living Nearby – even n Moscow /windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/more-than-500-million-cubic-meters-of.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Putin Tried to Run Duma Elections as If They Weren’t Taking Place – and Largely Succeeded, Shaburov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/putin-tried-to-run-duma-elections-as-if.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2026 Duma Election will Be Remembered for Seven Things, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/2026-duma-election-will-be-remembered.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Duma Elections Increased Putin’s Dominance Now But Also Set the Stage for More Serious Problems when He Leaves the Scene, Portal Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/duma-elections-increased-putins.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Whether Russia Can Be Other than a Threat to Others and Itself for All but Short Intervals Remains ‘Fundamental Question,’ Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/whether-russia-can-be-other-than-threat.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Moscow Welcomes Faeroe Islands’ Continuing Cooperation with Russia and Sees Archipelago’s Independence as a Possibility windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/moscow-welcomes-faeroe-islands.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Norwegian Justice Ministry Overrules Court Decision Allowing for Seizure of Russian Ship in Svalbard to Satisfy ICC Appeal by Ukraine windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/norwegian-justice-ministry-overrules.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Russian Forces Responsible for 89 Percent of Rapes and Sexualized Violence in Course of Putin’s War in Ukraine, UN Monitoring Mission Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/russian-forces-responsible-for-89.html
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Paul Goble @paul-goble.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Moscow is Actively Recruiting Russians Abroad to Serve as ‘Fifth Column’ against Countries Where They Live, Lea and Taskin Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/09/moscow-is-actively-recruiting-russians.html
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