Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Russia Odd Man Out among Arctic Countries, Pryanikov Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 26 – The Kremlin is counting on using its two years as chairman of the Arctic Council to extend its...

Turkic Countries Aren’t Following Ankara in Denouncing US for Recognizing Armenian Genocide

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 26 – Turkey is outraged that US President Joe Biden has called the horrific events of 1915 a genoci...

Moscow Thinking about Using Prison Labor Again for Major Construction Projects

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 26 – The Russian government is now thinking about reviving a practice associated with Stalinism: th...

Thirty Years On, RSFSR Law on Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples Inspires Victims but Remains Unfulfilled

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 26 – Thirty years ago, Boris Yeltsin signed a law passed by the RSFSR Supreme Soviet calling for th...

Is Shortage of Refrigerators in Clinics Holding Up Vaccination Program in Russia?

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 26 – Former president Dmitry Medvedev says that one of the reasons that the drive to meet Vladimir ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Karelian Not Just the Language of Villagers, Petrozavodsk Backer of Karelian ‘VKontakte’ Interface Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 25 – Karelian is the only titular language of a non-Russian republic that is not the official langu...

Kremlin Knew Chernobyl was an Accident Waiting to Happen Three Years before 1986 Disaster and Then Tried to Blame Foreigners

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Paul Goble             Staunton, April 25 – The Soviet government knew that the Chernobyl atomic power plant was an accident waiting to ha...