The Eastern Border

Interview with an ex-USMC now serving in the Ukrainian armed forces here, in Mikolayiv, Kraig. He really saved our day and had quite a few interesting comments about being here. We spoke with him in a local pub at the time when we could grab this interview, hope you'll like it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. A catastrophe looming on the Georgian border, some conclusions from the Dagestani interview and Nord Stream 2. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. What we saw here in Mikolayiv, situation on the front, Dagestan and mobilisation and Russians complaining about waste of ammunition.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine, straight from the front lines. I’m in Mikolayiv now, tired and telling you about my experiences and the latest stuff concerning the war. Anthony btw told me that the Azeri gas station name is Socar. You’ll understand when you’ll listen!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m safely in Kyiv, met local journalists, will be on my way to the front tomorrow. In this episode, we look at the absolute mess that is Russian mobilisation, I try to explain how Kremlin’s trying to salvage the situation and some fun messages from the escaping guys, stuck on the Russia-Georgia border.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. A more detailed look at the mobilization, people's reaction to it and the exchange of AZOV soldiers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we look at the likely mobilization on the Russian side and explain why it’s more stupid than scary and also I give an account on how I’ll go to Ukraine and my budget there and your funds.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Russian pro-war groups getting more and more worried about Kherson, recruitment in prisons and Alla Pugachova.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Putin's getting visibly shaken...and a new warmongering article by Alexander Dugin, that puts Putin in a very uncomfortable position.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Besides the current events, I also am happy to report that Girkin got a complete lunatic on his "situation analysis" show he does on fridays that managed to just highlight the insanity of the pro-war Russians.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. As usual, updates about the situation on the fronts, and this time - also a personal story about life in the Russian occupied territory.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! We once again are joined by Alex from History Impossible podcast in a discussion about the larger meaning of this war - how it has changed the world, and what does it all mean to all of us. Enjoy!Wanted to post this a bit later, but my microphone's dead so can't record news ep's, which is why I had to skip yesterday and posting this today. Don't worry, getting my replacement tomorrow morning, will record as soon as it arrives. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happened yesterday evening, Comrades, I think was the breaking point. Not just for war, but for Putin’s whole carreer.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BREAKING: Kharkiv front, Russian morale, Girkin’s spirit and hopes of the Pro-War useful idiots.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the economy episode I've been wanting to make for a while now. About how corruption and dictatorships can ruin one's country - and why Russia can't sustain the intensity of this war for prolonged periods of time.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Many interesting developments in at the front, and Girkin's back to doing his analysis videos, since his weird escapades in Crimea, so we look at that.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's becoming a doomer, yet he has interesting facts about how the "default" L/DPR company looks like. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. This episode dedicated to the surprising plot twist that one of my most hated people ever, Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov just provided via his social media.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war. Kherson counteroffensive (as much as I can talk about it), more HIMARS strikes and death of Gorbachev.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Pro-War Putinoid comments about the war, including our best nemesis Girkin, I have a birthday, and the dates of my return to Ukraine.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! It’s a bit late, but because of technical issues, we weren’t able to present you this earlier. This episode is all about commercial drones and why they’re useful in this war – and also, tons of cyberwarfare. Please, do give our guest, Sean, from Advent of Computing a follow – he’s a goood friend and makes an amazing podcast!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Everything that I know about Dugina’s assassination, crazy theories and what I think actually happened – and what the consequences already are.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! As I mentioned in the last episode, here's a discussion with our friend Alexander von Sternberg from the glorious History Impossible podcast (link: https://www.historyimpossible.com/ ) about my experiences in the United States and some interesting philosophical tidbits (which tie into the war) that caught my eye in the global context. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. This time, the weird adventures of our best nemesis, Girkin and updates from the fronts. No, Prigozhin is 99% NOT dead.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Ukraine news episode: Explosions in Crimea and how Russian pro-Putin sphere reacted to them and an interesting study about Ukrainian losses and their combat capabilities from an unusual source.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine: NYC edition...and frontline updates. Message me if you're around NYC, Portland, Boston or DC - and come chat tomorrow at 6PM on 951 Dean Street, Brooklyn - Wild Birds!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Situation on the front, Putin's ego and absolutely bizzare Russian official propaganda guide. See you in the US!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Both from the front and also from further away and answers to listnener questions.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another dark news episode from the war. News about the front are in the end this time. Russian ruthlessness truly knows no bounds.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. This is an important episode, as it seems that the “battle for initiative” has begun, with active fighting happening as you listen to this one!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The meta-ep I’ve promised for so long, and only made it because of massive amounts of pain and because my therapist told me to do it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a bit of an unintentional one. It's been 150 days of the war, I had a small camping retreat in the Latvian countryside, but my listeners told me that the last minute of the previous ep was missing, so I fixed that...and decided that if I'm to do work anyways, might as well record a news ep.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! It's been a long time since we've had a proper long-form ep. But here you go - this one's about the schism in the Russian pro-war side and how that plays into the whole war. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. And...you'll laugh, of course, but Russian McDonalds analogue has run into even more troubles.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war. What role does Russian Isekai play in the whole matter.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vinnytsa. This episode will make you angry. Consider being warned. It's about civilian deaths, pointlessness, cruelty and why Putin and his supporters deserve a fate worse than death.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 fascist weirdness from Russia, how HIMARS are proving to be extremely valuable, double agents in Russian opposition parties and why being poor is being normalised by Putin's supporters.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war. In this episode: Why are HIMARS the greatest things ever (with pro-Putinist salt) and what Girkin and his ilk actually think about the reasons behind this war.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine - info on the preparations for the next phase of the war.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war. This time, with a look on the bigger picture and some conspiracy theories.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's reports from the front lines are back, and of course I talk about the tragedy in Kremenchuk. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine and weird events inside Russia. The Insider has made a report about how new laws approved by Gosduma will basically destroy Russian ecology.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News concerning the war in Ukraine. In this episode, we focus on Kazakhstan's president Tokayev, snubbing Putin and explain what's with Lithuania and Kaliningrad.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I look at the CNN article that a lot of you have sent emails about and why western perspectives and "expert opinions" should be taken with a grai...BAG of salt.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News about the war in Ukraine. This time, we pay special attention to the "St. Petersburg International Forum of Economics" as, surprisingly enough, it managed to produce quite the news this year, despite the sanctions.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Digest about the most important war-related news - what Russia intends to do in Ukraine, how's the fight going and new censorship laws.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! As I prepare a major important events digest, here's parts 3 -5 of that  huge Russian soldier's blog post that we mentioned previously in the Two Perspectives episode.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades. This…is a dark episode. But a one that You should listen to. To prepare. Drove me to a bit of existential crisis.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I talk with a Latvian/Ukrainian pediatrician and a recent social media star and influencer, beautiful and talented Dana Isarova. We discuss the war, problems in Ukraine and what the west should learn from this war. Also, why being next to Russia is just like if your partner is an abusive alcoholic and what you should do. Enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News from the front lines! Igor Girkin is unhappy as usual, and I take a look at Russian military corruption and discuss some interesting implications about the recent rocket deliveries to Ukraine. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.