Paul Goble
@paul-goble.bsky.social
Paul Goble is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia who currently prepares the Windows on Eurasia blog.
‘De-Christianization of Christmas Not a Purely Western Problem,’ Khudiyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/de-christianization-of-christmas-not.html
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
‘De-Christianization of Christmas Not a Purely Western Problem,’ Khudiyev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/de-christianization-of-christmas-not.html
Only Moscow and St. Petersburg have Suffered Fewer Combat Losses than the North Caucasus Republics, Vyushkova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/only-moscow-and-st-petersburg-have.html
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Only Moscow and St. Petersburg have Suffered Fewer Combat Losses than the North Caucasus Republics, Vyushkova Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/only-moscow-and-st-petersburg-have.html
Russia Won’t be Able to Address Basic Problems until War in Ukraine Ends, Former General and Now United Russia Duma Deputy Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-wont-be-able-to-address-basic.html
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Russia Won’t be Able to Address Basic Problems until War in Ukraine Ends, Former General and Now United Russia Duma Deputy Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-wont-be-able-to-address-basic.html
Is Moscow about to Force Federal Subjects to Again Offer Larger Bonuses to Men who Sign Up for Military Service in Ukraine? windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-moscow-about-to-force-federal.html
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Is Moscow about to Force Federal Subjects to Again Offer Larger Bonuses to Men who Sign Up for Military Service in Ukraine? windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-moscow-about-to-force-federal.html
Murmansk Promises Residents will Live Better in 2035 but Admits There’ll Be Fewer of Them windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/murmansk-promises-residents-will-live.html
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Murmansk Promises Residents will Live Better in 2035 but Admits There’ll Be Fewer of Them windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/murmansk-promises-residents-will-live.html
‘Russia is Facing a Demographic Catastrophe but with Those Currently in Power, Nothing Else Could be Expected,’ Krupnov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-is-facing-demographic.html
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
‘Russia is Facing a Demographic Catastrophe but with Those Currently in Power, Nothing Else Could be Expected,’ Krupnov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-is-facing-demographic.html
‘Repressions in Soviet Times Did Not Prevent USSR from Disintegrating,’ Baku Commentator Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/repressions-in-soviet-times-did-not.html
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
‘Repressions in Soviet Times Did Not Prevent USSR from Disintegrating,’ Baku Commentator Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/repressions-in-soviet-times-did-not.html
Russia Can’t Democratize Until Its People Acquire Genuine National Identities of the Kind the Kremlin hasn’t Offered but that National Movements Do, Dukenbayev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-cant-democratize-until-its.html
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Russia Can’t Democratize Until Its People Acquire Genuine National Identities of the Kind the Kremlin hasn’t Offered but that National Movements Do, Dukenbayev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-cant-democratize-until-its.html
To Fund Putin’s War in Ukraine, Moscow has Put on Hold Program to Replace Housing ‘Unsuitable for Living,’ Former Russian General Now Serving in the Duma Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/to-fund-putins-war-in-ukraine-moscow.html
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
To Fund Putin’s War in Ukraine, Moscow has Put on Hold Program to Replace Housing ‘Unsuitable for Living,’ Former Russian General Now Serving in the Duma Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/to-fund-putins-war-in-ukraine-moscow.html
Russians Likely More Upset by Orthodox Church’s Decision to Raise Prices for Services than by New Stories about Patriarch Kirill’s Secret Wife windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russians-likely-more-upset-by-orthodox.html
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Russians Likely More Upset by Orthodox Church’s Decision to Raise Prices for Services than by New Stories about Patriarch Kirill’s Secret Wife windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russians-likely-more-upset-by-orthodox.html
Second Sanctioned Russian Ship Visits Svalbard at Close of the Year windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/second-sanctioned-russian-ship-visits.html
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Second Sanctioned Russian Ship Visits Svalbard at Close of the Year windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/second-sanctioned-russian-ship-visits.html
Return of Pahlavi Dynasty Could Lead to Disintegration of Iran, Baku Commentator Warns windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/return-of-pahlavi-dynasty-could-lead-to.html
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Return of Pahlavi Dynasty Could Lead to Disintegration of Iran, Baku Commentator Warns windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/return-of-pahlavi-dynasty-could-lead-to.html
Putin’s Nationality Policy Council to Operate on Basis for Five Commissions windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-nationality-policy-council-to.html
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Putin’s Nationality Policy Council to Operate on Basis for Five Commissions windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-nationality-policy-council-to.html
Airport in Pevek, Asian Gateway to NSR, Not Linked by Road to Anywhere Else Except when Rivers Freeze, Can’t Handle Planes Larger than Boeing 737s windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/airport-in-pevek-asian-gateway-to-nsr.html
January 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Airport in Pevek, Asian Gateway to NSR, Not Linked by Road to Anywhere Else Except when Rivers Freeze, Can’t Handle Planes Larger than Boeing 737s windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/airport-in-pevek-asian-gateway-to-nsr.html
Moscow Now Wants to Copy Housing Construction System Beijing Developed on Basis of Soviet Model windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/moscow-now-wants-to-copy-housing.html
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Moscow Now Wants to Copy Housing Construction System Beijing Developed on Basis of Soviet Model windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/moscow-now-wants-to-copy-housing.html
Tishkov Tells Tatars the Difference between ‘Russky’ and ‘Rossiisky’ is Small and Quite Similar to Difference between English and British in the UK windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/tishkov-tells-tatars-difference-between.html
January 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Tishkov Tells Tatars the Difference between ‘Russky’ and ‘Rossiisky’ is Small and Quite Similar to Difference between English and British in the UK windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/tishkov-tells-tatars-difference-between.html
Even Russian Ports along Northern Sea Route Must Be Dredged More Often – and Those which Aren’t Won’t Function windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/even-russian-ports-along-northern-sea.html
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Even Russian Ports along Northern Sea Route Must Be Dredged More Often – and Those which Aren’t Won’t Function windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/even-russian-ports-along-northern-sea.html
Veterans Returning from War in Ukraine may Open ‘An Internal Front’ in Russia in 2026, Moscow Political Analysts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/veterans-returning-from-war-in-ukraine.html
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Veterans Returning from War in Ukraine may Open ‘An Internal Front’ in Russia in 2026, Moscow Political Analysts Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/veterans-returning-from-war-in-ukraine.html
Russian Elites Increasing Under Threat from Above and Below, Pertsev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russian-elites-increasing-under-threat.html
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Russian Elites Increasing Under Threat from Above and Below, Pertsev Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russian-elites-increasing-under-threat.html
Russia Fell Further and Further Behind China for Second Place in Space Race in 2025 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-fell-further-and-further-behind.html
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Russia Fell Further and Further Behind China for Second Place in Space Race in 2025 windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-fell-further-and-further-behind.html
‘Poverty is Normalizing Instability’ in Putin’s Russia and Sparking Micro-Protests but Not Mass Demonstrations, Sociologist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/poverty-is-normalizing-instability-in.html
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
‘Poverty is Normalizing Instability’ in Putin’s Russia and Sparking Micro-Protests but Not Mass Demonstrations, Sociologist Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/poverty-is-normalizing-instability-in.html
Turkish Company Moves Super-Heavy Cargo by Waterways from Black Sea to Turkmenistan windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/turkish-company-moves-super-heavy-cargo.html
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Turkish Company Moves Super-Heavy Cargo by Waterways from Black Sea to Turkmenistan windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/turkish-company-moves-super-heavy-cargo.html
Mobile Internet Switched Off across Russia Almost 12,000 Times in 2025, Mostly Outside of Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/mobile-internet-switched-off-across.html
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Mobile Internet Switched Off across Russia Almost 12,000 Times in 2025, Mostly Outside of Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/mobile-internet-switched-off-across.html
Chances of a Coup in Moscow Still Small but Nonetheless on the Rise, Eidman Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/chances-of-coup-in-moscow-still-small.html
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Chances of a Coup in Moscow Still Small but Nonetheless on the Rise, Eidman Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/chances-of-coup-in-moscow-still-small.html
Putin’s Russia has Passed from an Era of Understandings to One of Complete Lawlessness and Chaos, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-russia-has-passed-from-era-of.html
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Putin’s Russia has Passed from an Era of Understandings to One of Complete Lawlessness and Chaos, Pastukhov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/01/putins-russia-has-passed-from-era-of.html