Sunday, March 15, 2026

As Putin’s War in Ukraine Drags On, Russians are Beginning to Listen to the Opposition, a Harbinger of Future Challenges to the Kremlin, Gallyamov Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 13 – “When a war remains somewhere far away, it is easy to support it,” Abbas Gallyamov says; but wh...

Poorer Ethnic Russian Regions Now ‘at Brink of Demographic Collapse,’ ‘Club of Regions’ Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 13 – Muslim republics in the North Caucasus still have fertility rates at or near the replacement le...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Moscow Now Using Artificial Intelligence for Censorship of Books to the Point of Ridiculousness, Orekh Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 9 – “Judging from everything,” Anton Orekh says, “the texts of books are passing through artificial ...

Ever More Russian Regions Slashing Healthcare Spending as Putin’s War in Ukraine Continues

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 10 – In 2025, five federal subjects cut spending on healthcare by more than ten percent; this year, ...

Kazakhstan Portal Says Chinese Analysts have Concluded Russia Today Resembles the USSR in Its Final Years

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 9 – Analysts around the world have reported about the way in which Chinese scholars have studied the...

New Moscow Study Suggests 2022 Protests against Mobilization Far More Widespread than Reported at the Time

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 9 – The Russian government’s Academy of Economics and State Service has released the results of a st...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Only about Half of Moscow University Students Committed Patriots, New Academy of Sciences Study Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Mar. 10 – Only just over half -- 52 percent -- of Moscow university students are committed patriots above...