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24. The Race on Broken Legs: A Cunning Plan to Bankrupt the Empire
While the Kremlin announces glorious victories, the true believers are writing the Empire’s obituary. Igor “Strelkov” Girkin writes from prison to expose the truth about [...]
Evita’s Christmas special: Entity known as “Kristaps” and it’s impact on regular human life.
Hi there, comrades! Here comes the promised episode by Evita (you asked for it yourself, kapish?) where she trauma-dumps, jokes and talks about her past [...]

23. Hacked Hipsters, Vienna Cafes and Girkin’s Prophecy
In this episode: the staggering hypocrisy of project leads who build “digital prisons” for Russians while living comfortably in Vienna, Austria. Also, from behind bars, [...]

How Prof. Lipsits tried to save the Soviet economy in just two days
Today I’m back with an oldschool style episode, because I really needed a break from the news – so I give You the story of [...]

22. Fable of the Bridge
The Russian army is not the mighty empire we’re told to fear. It is a rusted, bureaucratic black hole where reality is sacrificed for paperwork, [...]

21. Ministry of Silly Wars
The “peace plan” continues dominating the news feed. In this episode I look at the Z-vatnik take on it, how Putin has reacted to that [...]

20. Trump doesn’t want you to know this simple trick: 28 simple steps to make everyone forget about the Epstein files
Well, the one good thing to come out of this peace deal thing is that it’s yet another boost to European Union military efforts and [...]

19. Only Russophobes think that human life has any intrinsic value in Russia.
I recently made an episode about the horrific fascist ideas of Alexander Kharichev, the “Civil War 2.0″one. However, according to Girkin’s buddies – club of [...]

18. The only thing more miserable than Igor Girkin is Russia’s economic situation.
The news episode that I wanted to release before the glorious civil war article plopped up. We have a lot of Igor Girkin to catch [...]

17. Russian Civil War 2.0 is inevitable (and why it’s a good thing)
A high-ranking Kremlin official Alexander Kharichev, chief of monitoring the social media in Russia, just wrote an article about the possibility of civil war in [...]

16. Vatniks discover the real Russia
More detailed info about the ever-continuing meat assaults on the Russian side and also, the #1 event in the Z-vatnik space this week – yet [...]

15. Russia lacks brain, while the EU lacks a spine
In this episode, I look at yet more Z-vatnik wankering about how shit the whole situation on the front is for them and compare it [...]

14. Russia is NOT winning the war
Darryl Cooper from Martyrmade whom I owe a lot to, just released an episode where he claimed that Russia is winning this war. This is [...]

13. Groundbreaking innovations in corruption
I had to channel my Gonzo style for this one again. You see, there was yet another article, that was just published in the west, [...]

12. Poverty, misery and other Z-vatnik hobbies
In this episode, I want to bring you up to speed with the war-related events in the Z-sphere of idiocy. Vatniks are pissing their pants [...]

11. Latgale – Texas of Latvia
As I’m moving, I thought it would be nice to give you a bit of a historical breather episode, explaining the peculiarities of the proud [...]

Juris Kaza and Baltic Security
Earlier this month we had a conversation with a friend of our show, Latvian-American journalist Juris Kaža about the current security issues in the Baltics [...]

9. Jackpot! (at vatnik expense)
Roman Alekhine caused a scandal in the Z-Vatnik blogosphere by (shockingly) getting exposed as totally corrupt – this has resulted to a series of events [...]

10. Distribution of Fail
Due to the recent security breaches of Polish and Estonian airspace, Zapad 2025 military excercises by Russia and Belarus went somewhat unnoticed. And that’s a [...]

8. Rule by Asassination
A few years ago, me and my dear friend Alex (of History Impossible fame) had a deep conversation about how we’re slowly moving to a [...]

7. This will have to do
In this one, I explain some very important cultural aspects related to the war and the post-Soviet sphere, while covering all the bullshit related to [...]

6. Vatnik Tears: Deluxe Edition
In this episode, by multiple requests, there’s a deluxe edition of vatnik tears – because I’ve seen Putin’s trolls becoming more active again lately, with [...]

Ukraine Focus: Interview with Brock D. Bierman
Today I am joined by Brock D. Bierman to discuss his activities in helping Ukraine via the Ukraine Focus organisation – especially their latest project [...]

5. Exodus 22:18
Pro-Russian western people love to use ‘tradition Christian values’ when they argue their position. They mistakenly presume that what these values mean must be the [...]

4. Sad little club, advocating for human rights
Greetings, Comrades! This is a news episode – including vatnik tears. But, like I said in the Gonzo episode – war shall not be sanitized, [...]

3. Always Read the Fine Print
In this episode, I cover information that You should be aware of – the kind that various other actors would rather you not think about [...]

2. Building bridges and looking into the night sky with John Michael Godier
Now that the insanity with doing my dad’s last will and reaching a moment of catharsis is over, we get back to something more structured. [...]

1. Balls to the Wall
The Godfather of Metal, the Prince of Darkness, a true legend has passed. This also triggered the last thing my father wanted me to do [...]

War in Ukraine 300: The Spiral of Death
The previous episode signalled the beginning of the end. Putin is now set on a path that will inevitably lead to a new time of [...]

War in Ukraine 299: Maxim Kalashnikov faces reality
The self-proclaimed futurologist, one of Girkin’s best friends and a true believer in Z ideals Maxim Kalashnikov finally breaks down. A man who sincerely thinks [...]

War in Ukraine 298: Russia as a religious experience
As everyone in the Z-vatnik community is getting more and more gloomy, Girkin’s recent text made me understand how to best formulate how Putin and [...]

War in Ukraine 297: Azerbaijan
In the past few days, Russian callousness and casual racism has led to conflicts with Azerbaijan on an unprecedented scale. Traditionally viewed as one of [...]

Industry and Russia: An interview with prof. Igor Lipsits
The economics professor that I have been quoting for a long time on this show, finally appears in person on The Eastern Border to talk [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 296
We’ve reached the point in the war where vatniks start to openly confirm my predictions about what’s going to happen with Russia in the near [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 295
Today, I’m bringing You an episode full of feel-good niceness, happy emotions and pleasant vibes. How? Well, because the vatnik tears in these few days [...]

War in Ukraine 294: Value of life in Russia
Russian government has started to nationalize private property, starting with an airfield. No surprises there, because why would people’s property be of any value of [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 293
Vatniks react to Israel attacking Iran – basically, they’ve written off that whole country by now. At the same time, another huge Z post which [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 292
Part 2 of my backlog clearing. This time, about how things have really begin to change with the operation spiderweb. More and more Z-authors have [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 291
Part 1 of clearing my backlog and talking about some important Russian state matters that I think you should know about. Also, I respond (shortly) [...]

War in Ukraine 290: Spiderweb special
Operation “Spiderweb” hut vatniks more than usual – and some showed the very basics of analytical powers. However, I’d say that this is just a [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 289
Russian official propaganda in the person of Margarita Simonyan threaten to blow up Berlin yet again. Vatniks don’t even pretend that anything of the sort [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 288
Vatniks, more miserable than usual. Girkin’s reached a new low, Russian government tirelessly working to put a stop to any Z-donations for the front and [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 287
As expected, the negotiations went nowhere. The same trajectory where the Russian economy is heading, with the active help of state duma. Meanwhile, vatniks curse [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 286
Russia’s not taking the peace talks seriously – you can easily tell by whom they’ve sent there, which is not lost on the Z-vatniks as [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 285
Vatnik mindspace is full with discussions about the peace talks. One of Girkin’s closest buddies, Pavel Gubarev, who used to be the first governor of [...]

It’s technically warm when your house is on fire with The Red Line.
In this episode, I am joined by Michael from The Red Line for an in-depth discussion about the Russian economy. (Or, well, what’s left of [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 284
A nice return of our fan favorite segment – Igor Girkin has gotten some free time in his prison cell – and he’s been busy [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 283
I’m back home now, and there’s a lot of weird stuff to talk about. Putin’s surprise unilateral ceasefire left many vatniks sad and confused – [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 282
Russia is a failed state. And at this point, vatniks are starting to admit it too. Empires crumble slowly and then…all at once. We’re in [...]

War in Ukraine: Episode 281
Russia’s now actively trying to interfere in the Baltics again, which has made some people a bit uppity. Thankfully, they continue to be systematically corrupt [...]