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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 [...]

Dec 29, 202540 min

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 [...]

Dec 25, 202531 min

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, [...]

Dec 23, 202530 min

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 [...]

Dec 14, 202532 min

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, [...]

Dec 6, 202530 min

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 [...]

Nov 28, 202532 min

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 [...]

Nov 23, 202539 min

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 [...]

Nov 12, 202539 min

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 [...]

Nov 7, 202548 min

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 [...]

Nov 6, 202542 min

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 [...]

Oct 30, 202537 min

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 [...]

Oct 25, 202551 min

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 [...]

Oct 23, 202544 min

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, [...]

Oct 21, 202537 min

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 [...]

Oct 16, 202557 min

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 [...]

Oct 13, 202543 min

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 [...]

Sep 30, 202531 min

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 [...]

Sep 29, 202549 min

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 [...]

Sep 20, 202555 min

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 [...]

Sep 15, 20251h 14m

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 [...]

Sep 10, 20251h 19m

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 [...]

Aug 31, 202542 min

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 [...]

Aug 27, 202545 min

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 [...]

Aug 12, 202553 min

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, [...]

Aug 8, 202556 min

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 [...]

Jul 31, 20251h 22m

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. [...]

Jul 26, 20251h 57m

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 [...]

Jul 24, 20253h 1m

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 [...]

Jul 22, 20251h 6m

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 [...]

Jul 14, 20251h 2m

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 [...]

Jul 10, 202554 min

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 [...]

Jul 3, 202558 min

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 [...]

Jun 29, 202540 min

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 [...]

Jun 28, 202552 min

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 [...]

Jun 23, 202542 min

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 [...]

Jun 19, 202557 min

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 [...]

Jun 15, 202550 min

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 [...]

Jun 11, 202559 min

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) [...]

Jun 10, 202549 min

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 [...]

Jun 3, 202550 min

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 [...]

May 30, 202545 min

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 [...]

May 28, 202554 min

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 [...]

May 22, 202543 min

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 [...]

May 15, 202542 min

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 [...]

May 13, 202545 min

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 [...]

May 8, 20251h 21m

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 [...]

May 6, 202544 min

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 – [...]

Apr 29, 202537 min

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 [...]

Apr 23, 202542 min

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 [...]

Apr 18, 202540 min