The Eastern Border

To the surrprise of absolutely nobody in Latvia, turns out, the representative of the most pro-Putin party in the Europarliament, elected from Latvia, is a Russian spy. Who would've guessed.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I bring you probably the weirdest story from the war that I've heard so far - but one  that characterizes what really is this "Russian World" and what's it's true essence. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, to paraphrase Taleyrand, Putin did something worse than a crime. He made a mistake. Girkin is "not found" and has been unpersoned. For now.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While there's not much going on at the front lines, Russian internal situation - especially the stability of Putin's regime, in the light of upcoming electionsn - continues to crumble.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bild has posted a document, stating that NATO war with Russia is imminent. Western "experts" sow more panic, even got me scared for a moment. In this episode, I want to calm You all  down a bit, as there are no "second Russia"  which has all the equipment, manpower, organisation, logistics and tactical genius to even think about a war with NATO. There's only the one, that's not being very successful in Ukraine. All this panic does is distract from giving help where it's necessary - on the front lines right now!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! I'm back, after I finally took a bit of a vacation. More news concerning the War in Ukraine. And how social situation is degrading inside Russia.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian conservatives, who were just informed by the evils of oral sex and other western degeneracies now have to cope with the fact that they're own "cultural elites" just organised an "almost naked" Christmas. And oh boy, that blew up. Also, don't trust anything Arestovich is posting now, he's gone completely insane.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doom and gloom in western media, I've caught covid, and Russian officers are torturing soldiers for christmas gifts.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The main thesis of a real Russian academical law journal article about what's been happening with Russians. It's utterly insane. Don't listen with kids around.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Putin's finally running for re-election. Navalny's missing. Russia's turning into an even more totalitarian state. At least, we have another message from Girkin!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By this point, you shouldn't be surprised that, of course, Putin and Russia, being close allies of Maduro, are also involved in this mess.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Protests of mothers of the mobilized intensify in Russia. They've also released a manifesto. I asked Evita to give her perspective on the whole matter.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a special request here, as in Chechnya a friend of the show's brother is being persecuted. Russia's education system is, apparently, "being assaulted by the west" and GosDuma is trying to prevent kids from learning about the casualities as it seems to be bad for the morale. Also,  Putin gave a  dumb, nonsense speech.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To my great surprise, it turned out that the EU and some US companies have been selling precision machine tools for ammo production to Russia throughout the war. And they haven’t been sanctioned at all. (Warning: Episode contains a LOT of swearwords)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Girkin's Memoires. Part 1 was published just before this, and is about Arestovich, don't miss!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arestovich, his lies and ambitions. Girkin in part 2.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's it like to be recruited by the Wagner group? In an exclusive interview with one of my contacts in the military, they share their experiences about how the Wagner group recruiters used to work in NATO countries.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Z channels fight amongst themselves, Russian  mainstream media flirt with nukes, western reporters (yet again) misreport the situation on the fron lines.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anti-semitism has now hit an all-time high in Russia, as there are now litreral pogroms happening – at the same time as HAMAS leadership is visiting and doing talks with Putin.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm VERY dissappointed in how the western media cover important events lately. So there's a bit of complaining about that, but for the most part - news related to Ukraine war.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ATACMS arrive in Ukraine, Putin remains clueless and Igor "Crybaby" Girkin writes about the situation in the middle east, while remaining in prison.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor is back in Ukraine, with even more stories to tell - and an even more sober view on the war and the world than last time. Also a bit of global news. All the ways how you can find Victor:https://patreon.com/victornordland https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOlHF7FqlcxdRxwijLOEyg https://www.instagram.com/victor.nordland/Our Discord:https://discord.gg/pC7rDtXdSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! This month is a bit more quiet as I'm working on more long-form episodes and a bigger news segment. But...what happened in Israel and the comments I heard struck me emotionally and made me ask - what, exactly, is the value of a human life. So I invited Anthony Bartaway, our friend from Ukraine Without Hype podcast to help me answer that question.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horrific events in Israel and any potential Russian ties and how it can affect the Ukraine war. Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference and a letter from Girkin which I had missed.Discord: https://discord.gg/zD5cntBGSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian propagandist calls to nuke...Russia. Also, Russian tank factory has the best tech support in existance, even responding to Ukrainian calls. Yeah, this episode is a bit insane.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Situation on the front lines, Russia's next year budget and gasoline woes and Putin, after 25 years in power, learns 8th grade Economy lessons.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk all about Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam this time. The video of him, beating a detained person has shocked most of Russian society - and made people remember how his dad fixed MMA fights for kids for him.Our discord: https://discord.gg/WP3Nm8P5Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another missile strike on Sevastopol, Azerbaijan wins in Nagorno Karabakh and humiliates Russia, and we can rejoice, because Girkin's sent a new letter to the world via his lawyer.Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/EgTdEfJSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The very quick and decisive war in Nagorno Karabakh and of course, Shrodinger's Kadyrov!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of our discussion with Alex from History Impossible. I have to admit, it got quite depressing at points...and mentally exhaused me quite a lot.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! I bring you the first part of my conversation with the friend of our show, Alexander from History Impossible podcast. By the end of this - which will show up more in part 2 - he got me exhausted and even a bit traumatized as we delve deep in political philosophy as it relates to this war. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the most recent events, related to the  war - besides the Sevastopol strike, which I posted about a bit earlier. The destruction of the S-400 will also come  tomorrow, as this was recorded before that.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Ukraine managed to successfully attack the Russian navy in Sevastopol, what does this mean for the future, and why nobody's talking about the "red lines"  anymore.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regional elections in Russia. Wagner Group prisoner convicts are returning home with expectable results. Meduza has interviewed mothers of Russian schoolkids about how they deal with propaganda.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Identity polititics and Russia. How Putin destroys the common ties that bind the people together, causing long-term damage for short-term gain.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. More weirdness from Russia, Ukraine's defence minister change and some success on the front lines.Discord: https://discord.gg/JRJRc6DNSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! Was asked to write an article, explaining why the top league in football is at it's worst shape, decided to turn it into a breather episode. If you have even the slighthest interest in sports, you should check out EPL this year - because it's not about who wins, it's about who's going to lose slightly less than the other teams.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! This is our conversation with Victor, as he's home now from Ukraine as well. We had some crazy adventures together, and then he had some on his own...and there's also a bit of news. Victor's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victor.nordland/Victor's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOlHF7FqlcxdRxwijLOEygSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! Today we are joined by our good friend Sean from the amazing Advent of Computing podcast, to discuss about how computers are integrated in modern weapons systems and, of course, how that might impact the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Enjoy!Advent of Computing podcast page: https://adventofcomputing.com/Our discord: https://discord.gg/JTPY6QhpSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I gathered everything that we know for sure and did some proper analysis on what happened, so here you go. Prigozhin's death with all the facts, possible versions of events and proper analysis. Better than what you'll get anywhere else. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Breaking, and as it happens. Verified data. Part 2, after more info is known.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First news episode with our new microphone. Russia says it doesn't need democracy, Z-patriots now seriously advocate for "finding out" stuff about NATO, and why the Luna-25 mission was such an epic failure and why it matters. Oh, and Wagner Group is being pushed out of Africa too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war. Situation on the front, the "meanwhile in Russia" segment, which contains a lot of human rights abuse, and also I got hacked yesterday. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm talking about my conversation with the Ukrainian officer, responsible for Russian PoW's in Zaporizhizye region, a bit on the other stuff that happened to me while I was over there, and respond to some things you asked about yesterday's episode.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the name that was chosen to be the title of Navalny's letter. The first one that he's posted via his team after the latest sentence of 19 years. The problem is - if you pick a title like that, it puts a certain responsibility on You - or more likely Your team. You have to take it seriously, any message with such a title ought to be witty, well-written, explosive and thought provoking. The 'collective west' likes their subtle references, nuances and symbolism. This could have been great. But then Navalny's team absolutely failed to live up to the title. And nobody there actually gives a shit. And Navalny has neither read the books, nor seen the movie nor even heard of Hunter S. Thompson.This is one of those cases, where it is very likely that his PR team picked a "cool sounding title" gave it to Alexey and he, without any additional information or knowledge, wrote what he thought would be expected with such a title.There is a bright lining to all of this, however. If I get my PhD in communications science, then I know that I'll be using this letter in class to show how terrible form can undermine content - made all the worse when the content is about how important proper form is. Enjoy!Join our discord:https://discord.gg/f5NSrKH9Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! I'm back from Ukraine, there are things I need to catch up on, stuff happening, articles to write, and lots to talk about. For the next few days I'll be once again releasing episodes daily - otherwise we'll reach Carlin levels of podcast lenght. This time, as I managed to talk with some economists, I wanted to talk about the material side of why I think Russia will be facing internal struggles pretty soon. Treat this as a companion episode to the Russia's Suicidal Consciousness one. Oh, and there's some weird news too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings from Krivy Rih! Recording in a cottage in Zelensky’s home city about the news related to the war.Our discord: https://discord.gg/f5NSrKH9 Victor’s youtube channel: https://youtu.be/YmdPUH8oeAYSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I think I just experienced the most Gonzo thing in my life. This...this was a hell of a night. We got arested by Ukrainian border guards on the Transnistrian border, due to an angry, drunk man, who was wearing nothing but his underpants. Also, lost my GoPro. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! Before I make a news episode (as there has been a lot of things going on) I’d like to give You my first interview from Kyiv, with an American enterpeneur Mark, who’s been helping Ukraine and is now working towards driving more investment here. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New instructions from Putin to propaganda which you'll hear on the paid media. Also, new mobilization laws, and western media being stupid about everything once again.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.