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War in Ukraine: Episode 244

Gang warfare in Caucasus returns and they don't waste time. Ramzan Kadyrov and Chechen gangs vs. Ingushetia and Dagestan and their own gangs. Criminalization of Russia has now stepped over the breaking point. Also, Russia bans discord, which disrupts their massive counterattack in Kursk.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 12, 202433 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 243

Ukraine's returned to the oil refinery bingo, Russian opposition squabbles among themselves, investigation confirms what we all knew - that Navalny got poisoned - and yet another tragedy for the vatniks, the "Thirteenth" Z-blogger got arrested.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 7, 202450 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 242

Russian problems with drones at the front. Also Maxim Kalashnikov explains his GLORIOUS (extreme sarcasm) plans for the future of Russia. Which is basically modern USA except without the free market.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 4, 202436 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 241

First of all, congratulations (no, seriously) to North Korea's U20 women's soccer team. And in the more serious news, analysis why the ideological fithers of Russia are a dying breed and how the support for the war is inevitably dying with them.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 30, 202436 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 240

Girkin gives a short interview to Russian state media while his buddies and the Russian people in general have become utterly disillusioned with the war. Also, a German far-right politician uses Belorussian slave labor in his onion farm.Remember to check out my friends at https://zerohr.io/ for all your IT hiring needs!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 27, 202439 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 239

Ernest and Goodwin story reach it's natural conclusion, Russian hardliners are losing faith in their government and becoming doomers, wives of the mobilized get arrested.Also, please check out https://zerohr.io/ an IT-hiring streamlining platform, made by friends whom I wanted to help out with a bit of publicity, maybe this interests you.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 25, 202431 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 238

Gigantic explosion in Tver, 90's are returning to Russia and why nothing will change for the better while Putin is in charge. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 202448 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 237

Ukrainians are causing a lot of problems for Russians in the Kursk region - but not as many as the Russian officers are causing for the Russian army. The deaths in a meat assault of two Russian Z-vatniks who happened to be very prolific on Telegram and also among the top Russian drone experts have revealed glaring issues in the vatnik army.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 15, 202453 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 236

Russia counterattacks in Kursk region, but stalls near Pokrovsk. Z channels continue to whine about the ‘wrong’ people and are yet again struck by unpleasant surprises in the tech department. Also, decommunization.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 11, 202424 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 235

Z Community is having a bit of a civil war, Putin wants to live forever and confuses medics, and...well, the Joe Bide's America Adventures have failed to work as a propaganda piece. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 4, 202440 min

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Russian TV netvork TNT, their HBO equivalent, has just presented a new, state sponsored, "comedy" series about Joe Biden, visiting Russia, because the sanctions are not working and all the Russians are too happy. I am reading the leaked pilot script. There are no jokes. And the propaganda part is...baffling. Imagine the usual ultra fascism, USA bad, Russia AMAZING, with every stereotype ever, bu...also...the love interest of the main Russian character, the main female character of the show is a schoolteacher who is forced to work as a prostitute, because of poverty. This is unintentionally bad, turned kafka-esque, and I am...at a loss here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 202446 min

War in my Birthday: 234

A little bit of my birthday celebration, intertwined with utter and complete corruption in the Russian army. And a bit more info on Pavel Durov.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 28, 202437 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 233

Arrest of Pavel Durov has caused panic and shock among the Russian troops and the Z community - as all of their military comms rely on Telegram. That, and other problems in the orc horde - as they've started to embrace being orcs themselves.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 202426 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 232

You’ll laugh, of course, but there has been another ISIS related terror incident in Russia. Also, the unbelievable has happened, and a small bit of truth has been said on Russian state TV. Oh, and Z channels react (badly) to Ukrainian recent successes.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 23, 202447 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 231

We’re back – this time, with fresh news about the events in Kursk. Putin’s visiting candy factory in Azerbaijan and lying about Beslan, failing to be a leader of any sort whatsoever, meanwhile Russian propagandists have received new instructions about the new normal and internet’s getting properly blocked within Russia.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 21, 202444 min

Russian Economy and More ft. Andrew Heaton pt.2

As I’m working on yet more news episodes, here is (the more global and philosophical) part 2 of our conversation with Heaton from Political Orphanage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 13, 202456 min

Kursk. Timeline, Theories and Vatnik Tears.

What's happening in Kursk region, what are the perspectives for the Ukrainian side, what are the goals of the operation and what can be reallistically achieved. Also, how the Z - vatniks react to all of this. The events that happened during the past few days have forced me to enter full journalism mode. I've worked with both primary sources and analysts and scoured the Z channels for this, and there was quite a lot that I had to leave out because of the informational silence policy, which I absolutely respect. I've included as much as I could, both directly and "in between the lines" as I could, without endangering the whole operation, as to not put my friends in danger. One thing is for sure though - sop worrying about the nuclear plant, it's not about that and any media personality who focuses on that both knows nothing about warfare and is shamelessly clickbaiting with the most sensational stuff that they could find. The mess...as usual...is much more complicated.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 202455 min

Russian Economy and More ft. Andrew Heaton pt.1 (Yes, Kursk ep is coming)

Episode about events in Kursk oblast is coming very soon – it’s just that in my case, I literally am waiting until some people call me back and confirm concrete facts that I could talk about, instead of a surpirises and rumours that you’ve probaby heard everywhere else. However, I also recorded a very lengthy discussion about Russian economy with my buddy Heaton from Political Orphanage. Our discussion veered into global geopolitics, which is why I split it in two parts, about an hour long each. So, Comrades, I hope that You’ll enjoy this discussion while I’m getting the facts straight and making the news episode.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 9, 202458 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 230

News about the war in Ukraine! Z-vantiks comment on the prisoner exchange, including Girkin's wife. And Russian soldiers are losing not only their gadgets, but their cars too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 6, 202421 min

Linux Propaganda ft. Sean from Advent of Computing

As the big windows PC crash swept over the world, Russia remained unaffected. To explain why it was so, I invited my dear friend Sean over to give some clarity. Of course, it weered into sad and existentially dreadful patters that make you question your own existance. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 3, 202442 min

Extra: Happiness is Mandatory!

Greetings, Comrades! As I’m busy, working on my news episode and dealing with all the personal stuff I’ve mentioned on previous episodes, I want to bring You the latest episode of Garden of Doom podcast, where I talked aliens and conspiracy episodes and space. Do give Jeff a subscribe if you haven’t already.https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/garden-of-doom--4863095Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 20241h 29m

War in Ukraine: Episode 229

A Nazi from the Wagner group has been killed in Mali, Peculiarities of the national Crimea vacation and, of course, more “kartopolov law”. Oh, and a PSA concerning the Paris olympics, because yes, it was very French, but no, not in the way that you might imagine.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 202427 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 228, Extra

Russians accidentally strike Romania with a few drones, continuation of the Kartapolov law (the gadget ban), and finally, Igor Girkin's buddy, Maxim Kalashnikov muses about United States - and on that one, I'll be glad to get emails with your comments. Contact: [email protected] store: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/Website: https://theeasternborder.lv/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheEasternBorderSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 202421 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 227

Comrades! Today I'm bringing You the most exquisite of vatnik tears! I thought it was not possible even theoretically, but a new breakthrough in idiocy has been achieved! Russian government just banned the use of any and all gadgets on the front.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 202433 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 226

News from the front: sanitary zone that Putin promised has been created, but there are nuances, hipocrisy of the whole Z-public, Ukraine winning the drone war, actual protests in cities near the front.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 202451 min

Assassinations and Stoic Optimism

As I heard the news about the attempted Trump assassination, Alex from History Impossible reached out to me, and we had a conversation to make sense of it all. We had spoken before about the rise in such attempts, so the idea was to maybe calm everyone (including ourselves) down a bit. And, hey, even our common favorite Russian academic Dugin had a lot to say about this..Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 16, 20241h 10m

War in Ukraine: Episode 225

Putin and Zelensky react to Trump's assassination attempt, Lukashenka backstabs Russia and news from the front.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 14, 202419 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 224

Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv, Z-vatniks complain about the average Russian attitude towards the war and The Moscow Times gets declared illegal in Russia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 10, 202437 min

Future of Warfare ft. John Michael Godier

In this episode we are joined by our dear friend, a Sci-Fi author, YouTuber and Futurologist John Michael Godier to discuss the future of war. Sattelites with chainsaws, drone warfare and nuclear power.Links to JMG stuffHis main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodierEvent Horizon: https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShowOur discord:https://discord.com/invite/sdfQWaGMMerch store:https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 6, 20241h 1m

War in Ukraine: Episode 223

Situation on the front, Trump's "peace plan", Russians react to Kanye West and some good, hopeful news for Ukraine at the end.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 4, 202445 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 222

News about the front - status of women and disabled people and also what do the Z channels think about the US election.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 202430 min

Russian relatives, my aunt and denunciations

In this special episode, I explain what my aunt experienced in St. Petersburg and why I was so worried about her.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 202422 min

Terror in Dagestan

An in-depth look at the 23rd of June terror attacks in DagestanSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 202437 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 221

Z channels react to Putin's visit to North Korea, outrage about Russian athletes going to olympics, ATACMS used to strike Russian territory, and food delivery industry is the root of all evil.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 23, 202426 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 220

In this episode: hostage crisis in Rostov-on-Don, look at Putin's article for a North Korean newspaper, some deligthful Z-wankery and economic news as Russia's drowning in payday loans. Oh, and they're about to ban books by 'foreign agents' from public libraries now too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 19, 202432 min

Fresh Z-Wankery

I go through telegram posts of various pro-war, pro-Putin public figures, looking at what they write about the recent developments in the war and the so-called 'peace offer'. There are a lot of booze jokes too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 15, 202435 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 219

Putin spews blatant lies and sabre rattling at western journalists for 3.5 hours, new propaganda instructions (they're not very good), and latest updates about the war.Here's our discord link too:https://discord.gg/dYuZF7FFk2And merch store:https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 6, 202430 min

Answering questions on Quora

I went on Quora to answer people's questions about the war in Ukraine. Some of them were meaningul, but...well, there's plenty of Putin's trolls to go around. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31, 202449 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 218

Girkin remains in prison after his appeals, Macron sends instructors to Ukraine and insists that the west should allow their weapons to be used to strike Russia. In response, Russia saber rattlles with nukes again and forces schoolgirls to remove underwear in public, before a state exam.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 29, 202420 min

The People's Gun

Today I am joined by a guest from the Canadian military who appproacheed me asking about whether or not I have made an episode about the most famous Russian invention of all time – the glorious AK. So easy to use, that a kid shoot one. And many do! A subject this iconic deserved a proper episode, and hopefully, we have delivered. Enoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 24, 20241h 3m

War in Ukraine: Episode 217

Greetings, Comrades! In this episode: Events on the front lines, Russia lies about their successes, Belousov unsurprisingly corrupt and dissappoints the pro-war people in Russia. And here's the link to our merch store:https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 22, 202429 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 216

Belousov has replaced Shoigu as Russia's minister of defense - and for some reason, western media reports this as a threatening thing for Ukraine. In this episode I explain why they're mistaken, and how this proves that Putin's admitting that he no longer has endless money for the war effort.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 14, 202425 min

...so, I've been doing this for a decade now...

Eastern Border 10th anniversary episode. A bit more meta-podcsast stuff than usual, but don't worry, plenty of important news as well.Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/HCu6J5hSSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 11, 202429 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 215

We're back! Putin just got inaugurated, but he's actually just lost all legitimacy. Russia's throwing around nuclear threats again, but at the same time Gazprom's reporting losses for the first time ever and the economy looks a bit bleak.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 8, 202433 min

The Soviet Who Saved the World (ft. Alex from History Impossible)

While I was in Texas, enjoying the honeymoon I knew I had to record stuff, because the show won't wait for me, but I did not want to do heartbreaking stuff. Thankfully, Alex had listened to my pre-wedding episode, and wanted to dig deeper about our hero, Stanislav Petrov. We used the rare occasion of a much smaller time zone difference than usual and made this for You - which Alex also posted on his feed too. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 20241h 19m

Western Border 2: Baseball Boogaloo

Part 2 of what we've learned and experienced in Texas. Don't worry, the episode with Alex about Stanislav Petrov is incoming, and so are horrible, depressing news about the war. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 202419 min

Visiting the Political Orphanage, with Andrew Heaton

In this episode, I'm hanging out live with our friend Heaton and we discuss the war, terrorism, politics and other fun stuff that you can't stop thinking about on a honeymoon. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 24, 20241h 4m

Western Border: Texas Special

Greetings, Comrades! We're just married, in Texas, and saw NASA stuff. Back to news stuff on wednesday!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 23, 202415 min

War in Ukraine: Episode 214

This is one of those episodes where I am riding the: "Okay, I was off for a few days, now I'm married, so what's happe...oh...oh no" Well, at least we also have Girkin news.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 12, 202416 min

Hero of all Mankind. Stanislav Petrov.

Greetings, Comrades! I'm gettinng married in a few hours. And on this special day, I wanted to give you a bit of a throwback, Soviet history episode...with a message that is relevant even today.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 7, 202436 min