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03 June 2011

03 June 2011, 20:28

Nadal & Federer Win French Open Semis, Djoker Streak Ends, Women’s Doubles

Lauren Lynch reports the latest news at the French Open men’s semifinals and women’s doubles final. Rafael Nadal beat Andy Murray to race Roger Federer for another Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.

03 June 2011, 15:57

Window on Eurasia: ‘Nostalgia’ for Stalin among Young Reflects Moscow’s Failure to Offer a Concrete Alternative Vision, Scholars Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 3 – Young Russians increasingly deify Stalin not only because he represents a system radically different from that of Russia today but also because the contemporary Russian...

03 June 2011, 15:21

Window on Eurasia: Russia Needs a Centralized Nationalities Policy and a Ministry to Carry It Out, Deputies Say

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 3 – The Russian government needs to adopt a nationalities policy for the country as a whole and to establish a special ministry to implement it, several Duma deputies say...

03 June 2011, 14:57

Window on Eurasia: Radical Islam Again on the Upswing in Russia, Satanovsky Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 3 – The liquidation of Osama bin Laden and Moscow’s military successes in the North Caucasus have inflicted “a serious defeat” to radical Islam in Russia, Yevgeny Satanovsky says...

02 June 2011, 20:30

Window on Eurasia: Kulikov Urges Kremlin to Create New Body to Direct All Force Structures in Times of Trouble

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 2 – Army General Anatoly Kulikov has called on the Kremlin to creqate a new body, modelled the National Counter-Terrorism Committee and centered in the military’s general staff...

02 June 2011, 19:19

French Open Women's Semis, Federer Helps Fan, Murray & Federer Underdogs

James Waterson and Lauren Lynch report the latest news at the French Open. The women's final is set between Francesca Schiavone, who beat Marion Bartoli, and Li Na, who defeated Maria Sharapova. Roger Federer helped a fan after she fell with a hug and a photo.

02 June 2011, 19:00

Window on Eurasia: Inequality, Poverty Characterize Post-Soviet States, Statistics Show

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 2 – Even though the top ten percent of the population of the post-Soviet states are wealthier than they ever were in the past, three out of every four residents of the Russian Federation are now poor...

02 June 2011, 16:37

Window on Eurasia: Tajik Officials Have Closed 1500 Mosques Since Start of 2011

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 2 – In the latest of a series of moves that recall the Soviet approach to Islam in Central Asia, Tajikistan has closed some 1500 mosques, in many cases at least nominally because their leaderships have failed to secure registration...

01 June 2011, 23:50

Window on Eurasia: Moscow Plans Re-Adaptation Program for Up to 10,000 North Caucasians Who’ve Studied in Muslim Countries

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – “Up to 10,000” young people from the North Caucasus are studying or have studied Islam abroad where they have received “doubtful ideological positions,” the Russian presidential plenipotentiary for the region says...

01 June 2011, 23:11

Window on Eurasia: Kirill Seeks to Tighten Control over Church by Dividing Up Existing Bishoprics

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – Patriarch Kirill is continuing to divide up the existing bishoprics within the Russian Orthodox Church in order to strengthen his control of local parishes, some of whom have gone their own way in the much larger sees inherited from the Soviet past...

01 June 2011, 22:23

Window on Eurasia: 21st Century to be ‘Century of the Majority,’ Tishkov Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – “If the 20th century was the century of minorities,” the director of the Moscow Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology says, “the 21st century will be the century of the majority in the sense of recognizing its interests...

01 June 2011, 19:53

French Open Day 11 - Semis Set, Troicki Incident & Twitter Roundup

James Waterson and Lauren Lynch report on the latest results from the French Open and what some of the biggest names in the game are tweeting. The men's and women's semifinals have been set, as Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Li Na and Maria Sharapova won their matches today.

31 May 2011, 23:22

Window on Eurasia: Russians See Themselves as Both ‘the Greatest and the Most Oppressed of Nations,’ Moscow Commentator Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, May 31 – Russians “at one and the same time feel themselves to be the greatest and the most oppressed nation on earth,” a situation that a Moscow commentator says reflects their “uncritical approach to themselves...

31 May 2011, 19:45

French Open Day 10: Results, Koellerer Banned For Life, Sugarpova

Lauren Lynch reports the latest results from the French Open. Daniel Koellerer was banned from tennis for life after being caught fixing matches. Maria Sharapova starts a new project by selling candy with Jeff Rubin under the name Sugarpova.

31 May 2011, 15:36