[BLOG] Five Window on Eurasia links

[rfmcdonald]

• Window on Eurasia notes the post-Soviet collapse of the numbers of learners of the Russian language, here.


• Window on Eurasia reports the claim of a Russian politician that in 1991, securing the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine was a bigger priority than trying for borders changes, here.


• Window on Eurasia notes how Belarus cannot protect itself from Russia, here.


• Window on Eurasia explains why the Soviet Union let the Armenians and Georgians keep their alphabets, here.


• Window on Eurasia explains how Russia's naval and marine power is not doing well, here.

Comments

[dewline]

It's good to be able to keep an eye on that blog. It serves as a reminder of many things we need to remember...chief among them being that Russia is not a monolithic nation-state.