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Paul Goble

Paul Goble

Paul Goble, a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia, currently prepares daily reports on developments in that region for his blog, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com. He worked earlier at the Central Intelligence Agency, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, as Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities and Special Advisor for Soviet Nationality and Baltic Affairs at the US Department of State, director of research and director of communications and technology at Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has taught at the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Georgetown University, the University of Tartu, and Audentes University in Tallinn. Trained at Miami University and the University of Chicago, he is the editor of nine volumes on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia and has written numerous articles, chapters, and opeds on these topics. He currently lives in Staunton, Virginia. His email address is paul.goble@gmail.com

Growing Russian Nostalgia for Soviet Past Far More Dangerous than It Appears
Analysis, Russia, Window On EurasiaJanuary 8, 2019<January 8, 2019

Growing Russian Nostalgia for Soviet Past Far More Dangerous than It Appears

New polls show that the share of Russians who would like to go “back to the USSR” is at its highest levels over the…

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Arctic, News, Russia, Window On EurasiaNovember 20, 2017<November 20, 2017

Putin Wants to Ban All Non-Russian Oil & Gas Shipping on Northern Sea Route

Vladimir Putin on Thursday told key ministers and business leaders that he wants Russian-flagged ships to have the exclusive right to move oil and…

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Gays Being Attacked and Killed Across Russia, Not Just in Chechnya, New Study Shows
Feature, News, Russia, Window On EurasiaSeptember 26, 2017<September 26, 2017

Gays Being Attacked and Killed Across Russia, Not Just in Chechnya, New Study Shows

Last spring, many in Russia and abroad focused on the mistreatment and even murder of LGBTs in Chechnya, a development that called attention to…

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“For Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Should Not Exist” Says Russian Expert on Baltic Region
Feature, News, Russia, Window On EurasiaSeptember 19, 2017<January 17, 2018

“For Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Should Not Exist” Says Russian Expert on Baltic Region

Nikolay Mezhevich, a St. Petersburg professor who heads the Russian Association of Baltic Research, says that “for Russia the [three Baltic] countries should not…

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Analysis, Feature, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Russia, Window On EurasiaMay 12, 2017<May 12, 2017

Izborsky Club Calls for New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to Re-Divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin

The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin of Vladimir Putin, is now calling…

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Kadyrov Opens First Concentration Camp for Gays Since Hitler’s Times
Analysis, Feature, News, Russia, Window On EurasiaApril 6, 2017<April 10, 2017

Kadyrov Opens First Concentration Camp for Gays Since Hitler’s Times

Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has not only sponsored direct attacks on members of the LGBT community in his republic but has adopted a plan…

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Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
Estonia, Feature, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Window On EurasiaMarch 23, 2017<March 24, 2017

Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries

Arguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…

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Four Thousand Ethnic Russians in Estonia Now Consider Estonian Their Native Language
Estonia, Window On EurasiaMarch 15, 2017<March 15, 2017

Four Thousand Ethnic Russians in Estonia Now Consider Estonian Their Native Language

Four thousand ethnic Russians and more than 2,000 ethnic Finns who live in Estonia tell officials that they consider Estonian to be their native…

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Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Russia
Feature, Russia, Window On EurasiaFebruary 14, 2017<February 14, 2017

Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Russia

Given the rise in xenophobia in Russian society following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his increasingly repressive authoritarianism at home, many have pointed…

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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Window On EurasiaDecember 13, 2016<December 13, 2016

‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who has just completed his service as president of Estonia, once remarked that “if the Russians come back again, they won’t…

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